Robert Watt
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Robert Douglas Watt, FRHSC (born 1945) is the current Chief Herald of Canada. He was appointed at the foundation of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Watt was born in Picton, Ontario in 1945. He received a Bachelor of Arts in 1967 and a Master of Arts in 1968 from Carleton University. From 1969 to 1970, he was an Archivist for the Public Archives of Canada. From 1971 to 1973, he was the Vancouver City Archivist. In 1973, he was appointed Curator of History at the Vancouver Centennial Museum (now the Vancouver Museum). He became Chief Curator in 1977 and was Director from 1980 to 1988. In 1988, he was appointed Chief Herald of Canada.
Robert Watt is married to Alison Watt, the Director, University Secretariat of Simon Fraser University.
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- Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry. Retrieved on March 17, 2006.
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