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Biographical entry Watson, Elliot Lovegood Grant (1885 - 1970)
- Born
- 14 June 1885
Staines, Middlesex, England - Died
- 21 May 1970
Petersfield, Hampshire, England - Occupation
- Anthropologist and Biologist
Summary
Elliot Lovegood G. Watson joined A. Radcliffe-Browne in 1910 as Assistant Anthropologist on a scientific expedition to study Aboriginal society in north western Australia. He visited Australia again in 1912 and used images of the bush in his later writings.
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Elliot Lovegood Grant Watson - Records, 1910 - 1955, MS 4950; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Green, Dorothy, 'Watson, Elliot Lovegood Grant (1885-1970), Biologist, Writer and Mystic', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 397-398. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120447b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Grant Watson, E L', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-478179. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 August 2006
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