David Christopher Knight Watson (7 March 1933 – 18 February 1984) was an English Anglican priest, evangelist and author.
[1] Watson studied the Moral Sciences Tripos (i.e. philosophy) at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1957.
[3]: 29 Watson noted: "Undoubtedly the most formative influence on my faith during the five years at Cambridge was my involvement with the boys' houseparties, or 'Bash camps.'
Around the same time, encouraged by Martyn Lloyd Jones, Watson sought the religious experience known as baptism in the Holy Spirit and began to speak in tongues.
[9] As his ministry progressed, Watson was involved with missionary enterprises throughout the world and was a high-profile advocate of reconciliation and ecumenism in Northern Ireland.
[13] John Gunstone remarked of Watson that "It is doubtful whether any other English Christian leader has had greater influence on this side of the Atlantic since the Second World War.