George Watt
George Watt may refer to:
- George Watt (botanist) (1851–1930), British botanist and academic
- George Watt (public servant) (1890–1983), Australian public servant and company director
- George Watt (rugby league) (1917–2010), Australian player
- George D. Watt (1812–1881), British religious leader
- George Fiddes Watt (1873–1960), British portrait painter
- George W. Watt (1911–1980), American chemist, participated in the Manhattan Project
- George Watt (1913-1994), Jewish-American commissar of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and veteran of the Second World War. Escaped both from Gandesa across the Ebro (as recounted by Earnest Hemingway[1]), and from Nazi occupied Belgium via the Comet Line.[2][3]
See also
- George Harvie-Watt (1903–1989), British Conservative Party politician
- George Watts (disambiguation)
References
- Hemingway, Ernest (1938-04-27). "Hemingway Reports Spain". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- Watt, George (1990-01-01). "The Comet Connection: Escape from Hitler's Europe". History in General.
- "Watt, George". The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives. 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
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