Chris Watson
Sign in to saveAustralian politician, third Prime Minister of Australia (1867-1941)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1867-04-09
- Died
- 1941-11-18
- Works
- 35
Top works
- Mob Daze
- Earn Your Story
- Melody Mountains
- Visualisation Magazine
- Teach Yourself Word for Windows Book and Disc Pack
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- 42,948
- Total plays
- 447,470
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The 'third member' of Cabaret Voltaire and early The Hafler Trio. As well as working on his own aural experiments, Chris Watson now works as a well-respected sound recordist, developing some innovative techniques for Natural History radio and TV, most recently (2006) for the BBC's Galapagos series. Solo albums: * Stepping into the Dark (1996, Touch Music) * Outside the Circle of Fire (1998, Touch Music) * Weather Report (2003, Touch Music) * Oceanus Pacificus (2007, Touch Music) <a href="https:
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,579x
- Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales.
· 1988 · cited 28,842x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,517x
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,733x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,392x
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Edward VII
- Governor general
- Lord Northcote
- Preceded by
- Alfred Deakin
- Succeeded by
- George Reid
- Prime minister
- Himself
- Deputy
- Gregor McGregor
- Born
- Johan Cristian Tanck , 9 April 1867, Valparaíso , Chile
- Died
- 18 November 1941 (1941-11-18) (aged 74), Double Bay , New South Wales , Australia
- Party
- Nationalist (1917–1922) National Labor (1916–1917) Labor (1901–1916) Labour Electoral League (1891–1901)
- Spouses
- Ada Low ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1889 ; died 1921 ) Antonia Dowlan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1925 )
- Education
- Weston School
- Occupation
- Petroleum company director ( Australian Motorists Petrol Co Ltd ) Trade union print company director (Labor Papers Ltd) Trade union executive ( Sydney Trades and Labor Council )
Key dates
- Born
- 9 April 1867
- Died
- 18 November 1941
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Watson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Chile
- Place of birth
- Valparaíso
- Place of death
- Sydney
- Occupation
- head of government
- Political party
- Australian Labor Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
John Christian Watson (born Johan Cristian Tanck; 9 April 1867 – 18 November 1941) was an Australian politician who served as the third prime minister of Australia from April to August 1904. He held office as the inaugural federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1901 to 1907 and was the first member of the party to serve as prime minister.
Watson was born in Valparaíso, Chile, the son of a German Chilean seaman. He grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, taking the surname of his step-father when his Irish-born mother remarried. He left school at a young age, working in the printing industry as a compositor. Watson moved to Sydney in 1886 and became prominent in the local labour movement. He helped establish the Labor Electoral League of New South Wales and directed the party's campaign at the 1891 general election. Watson was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the 1894 election, aged 27, and quickly became a leading figure in the ALP. He and most party members opposed Federation on the grounds that the proposed constitution was undemocratic.
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1867 births1941 deaths20th-century prime ministers of AustraliaAustralian Labor Party members of the Parliament of AustraliaAustralian MPs 1901–1903Australian MPs 1903–1906Australian MPs 1906–1910Australian people of Chilean descentAustralian people of German descentAustralian people of Irish descentAustralian people of New Zealand descent