Inventors

Controlling an aeroplane in flight

Flight Sub-Lieutenant: Preston Albert Watson
Birth: 17 Oct 1880 • Dundee, Angus, Scotland -
Death: 30 Jun 1915 • Cross-in-hand, East Sussex, England

Conceived his own original method of controlling an aeroplane in flight, the first was built in late 1909.

Flt. Sub.-Lieut. Preston Albert. R.N. Royal Naval Air Service. Killed while flying. 30th June 1915 age 34. Commonwealth War Graves.

Scottish surgeon and pioneer of anaesthetic development

Sir Patrick Heron Watson Kt, F.R.S.E., F.R.C.S.E
Birth: 05 Jan 1832 • City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland -
Death: 21 Dec 1907 • Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

He was associated with a number of surgical innovations including excision of the knee joint, excision of the thyroid and excision of the larynx for malignant disease.