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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.
William Robertson FRSE FSA Scot (19 September 1721 – 11 June 1793) was a Scottish historian, minister in the Church of Scotland, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. "The thirty years during which [he] presided over the University perhaps represent the highest point in its history." [1] .
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.
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Nov 3, 2023 · Sir William Robert Robertson is the only person in the history of the British Army to have held every rank between private and field marshal in his military career. Born in 1860 to a Lincolnshire family, Robertson began as a humble footman but decided against a life of servitude and pursued a career in the Army.
Jun 7, 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.
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History, Philosophy. The first modern biography of William Robertson, a key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment A prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson...
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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,...
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