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Dr. Watson
John H. Watson, known as Dr Watson, is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Watson is Sherlock Holmes' friend, assistant and sometime flatmate, and the first person narrator of all but four of these stories. He is described as the typical Victorian-era gentleman, unlike the more eccentric Holmes. He is astute, although he can never match his friend's deductive skills.
Whilst retaining his role as Holmes's friend and confidant, Watson has been adapted
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- George Mackie Watson (1860-1948) architect
- Rev Robert Boog Watson (1823-1910), scientist
- David Monro Westland, architect/engineer (creator of the North Bridge)
- Prof Charles Richard Whittaker FRSE (1879-1967) anatomist
- Dr Dionysius Wielobycki (1813-1882) early homeopathic doctor
- Harry Martin Willsher, author
- Robert Wilson architect of the Edinburgh Board Schools
- Sir James Lawton Wingate (artist)
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