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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] .
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.
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.
William Robertson is a case in point: he enrolled for classes in the academic years 1734–5, 1735–6, 1736–7, 1738–9, and 1739–40, but he never felt it necessary to take a degree, or to spread himself – at least formally – across the whole of the offered curriculum.
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...
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.
Jun 11, 2018 · ROBERTSON, WILLIAM (1721 – 1793), Scottish historian, clergyman, and educator. William Robertson was born on 8 September 1721 in Borthwick, Midlothian, where his father, William, was a parish minister in the Church of Scotland.
