Researching Eric Watson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 69469 people with the Watson surname? In that year Watson was ranked number 31 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Eric means "ever-powerful" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Eric Watson on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Eric Watson and the Watson Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 87553 people with the Watson surname in the UK? Watson is now ranked number 36 for popularity in the UK. |
Watson Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 312939 people with the Watson surname in the USA? Watson is ranked number 61 for popularity in the USA. |
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Eric Watson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Eric Watson (photographer)
Eric Watson (9 September 1955 – 18 March 2012) was an English photographer.
Watson was born in Newcastle. He moved to London in 1974 and studied fine art at Hornsey Art College from 1977–1980, where Adam Ant was his contemporary. He became an assistant to the photographer Red Saunders in 1980 and soon branched out as a photographer in his own right, primarily in the pop music business. From 1981 to 1986 he was one of the main photographers for "Smash Hits" magazine where his friend Neil Tennant was assistant editor.
When Tennant formed the Pet Shop Boys with Chris Lowe, Watson took the first photographs of them and was their main photographer and video director from 1984 to 1991.
The first video he directed was "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" for the Pet Shop Boys in 1985, his co-director being Andy Morahan. He subsequently directed a series of Pet Shop Boys videos, including "Suburbia", "What Have I Done to Deserve This?", "Domino Dancing", "So Hard" and "DJ Culture".
Watson also directed videos for a number of other pop artists including Holly Johnson and Yaz before concentrating on TV commercials.
He exhibited his photographs at the Blue Gallery in London and in the "Icons of Pop" exhibition of 1999 at the National Portrait Gallery. His photographs of the Pet Shop Boys were displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2006.
In later years Watson worked as Head of Photography at a small school located in Rye, East Sussex.
On 18 March 2012, Watson died after suffering a heart attack.
Source: Eric Watson (photographer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaEric Watson (cricketer)
Eric Alexander Watson (20 July 1925 – 25 March 2017) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 46 first-class matches for Otago between 1947 and 1960. A right-arm medium-pace bowler, he took 41 wickets at an average of 30.46, with best bowling figures of 4–26. With the bat, he scored 1779 runs at an average of 21.43 and a high score of 103.
Watson was also coach of the New Zealand rugby union team from 1979 to 1980. Prior to his appointment he was coach of the Otago rugby union team, and then the national under 23 side. He played rugby union once for Otago in 1946.
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