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William Robertson FRSE FSA Scot (19 September 1721 – 11 June 1793) was a Scottish historian, cleric, and educator who served as Principal of the University of Edinburgh, Chaplain of Stirling Castle, and one of the King's Chaplains in Scotland.
Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO (29 January 1860 – 12 February 1933) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) – the professional head of the British Army – from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.
Sep 15, 2024 · William Robertson (born Sept. 19, 1721, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scot.—died June 11, 1793, Edinburgh) was a Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister. He is regarded, along with David Hume and Edward Gibbon, as one of the most important British historians of the 18th century.
Key Features: The first modern biography of William Robertson, a key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment A prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson...
Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet was a field marshal and the chief of the British Imperial General Staff during most of World War I. He supported Sir Douglas Haig, the British commander in chief in France, in urging concentration of Britain’s manpower and matériel on the Western Front.
L’historien et ecclésiastique William Robertson n’a jamais terminé son histoire de l’Amérique britannique. Son projet initial, qui était de rendre gloire à la puissance de l’Empire britannique, perdit tout son sens avec l’indépendance des Treize Colonies.
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Oct 26, 2016 · The first modern biography of William Robertson, a key figure of the Scottish EnlightenmentA prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson differed from his contemporaries,...
A prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson differed from his contemporaries, such as Voltaire, Hume and Gibbon, because he used the critical tools of the Enlightenment to strengthen religion, not to attack it.
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Apr 13, 1997 · William Robertson and the Expansion of Empire contains contributions from a number of distinguished historians and literary scholars who explore aspects of Robertson's intellectual...
William Robertson (1721-1793) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister, Principal (Chancellor) of the University of Edinburgh (1762-93), historian, and an important figure in the Scottish Enlightenment.
