Sir Robert Watson Watt

THE PIONEER OF RADAR ……… RA(dio) D(etection) A(nd) R(anging) n. radar

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Friends of Brechin Town House Museum presents the cheque to The Society

May 9, 2014by watsonwatt Leave a comment

The Friends of Brechin Town House Museum hosted an illustrated talk about celebrated Brechiner Sir Robert Watson-Watt pioneer of RADAR. Donations totalling £86 were made by generous members of the […]

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Watson-Watt Inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame

November 4, 2013by watsonwatt Leave a comment

The Brechin-born pioneer of radar who was a key figure in the Battle of Britain victory has been added to the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame Sir Robert Watson-Watt was […]

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Plaque Unveiled by HRH Anne, The Princess RoyalSeptember 3rd, 2014

Sir Robert Waton-Watt Statue Plaque was unveiled by HRH Anne, The Princess Royal in St Ninian Square, Brechin on Wednesday 3rd September 2014

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The Brechin Connection

Robert Alexander Watson-Watt was born in Union Street, Brechin, in 1892. He showed an early interest in science, spending many hours experimenting in the workshop of his father’s joinery business.

He won a scholarship to Brechin High and later to University College, Dundee where he took a degree in Electrical Engineering.

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Birth of Watson Watt

122nd AnniversaryApril 13th, 2015

Today is the 122nd Anniversary of Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watts Birth

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Rough Justice – Poem by Watson Watt

On one occasion, late in life, Watson-Watt reportedly was pulled over in Canada for speeding by a radar-gun toting policeman. His remark was, "Had I known what you were going to do with it I would never have invented it!" He wrote an ironic poem ("Rough Justice") afterwards:

Pity Sir Robert Watson-Watt, strange target of this radar plot,
And thus, with others I can mention, the victim of his own invention.

His magical all-seeing eye enabled cloud-bound planes to fly,
but now by some ironic twist,
it spots the speeding motorist and bites, no doubt with legal wit, the hand that once created it

by Sir Robert Watson-Watt
1892 - 1973