Watson n 1: United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934) [syn: {Thomas Augustus Watson}] 2: United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958) [syn: {John Broadus Watson}] 3: United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928) [syn: {James Watson}, {James Dewey Watson}]