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Robert Stirling
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- Works
- 7
Top works
- Embracing Love's Healing Touch
- Choices
- An empirical operationalization of the concept alienation and factors affecting the relationship between alienation and rural migration
- Special Forces Sniper Skills
- The gas air-lift pocket book
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,872x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,817x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,432x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 38,852x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,233x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1790-10-25 ) 25 October 1790, Methven, Perthshire , Scotland
- Died
- 6 June 1878 (1878-06-06) (aged 87), Galston, East Ayrshire , Scotland
- Alma mater
- University of Edinburgh
- Children
- 7, including Patrick Stirling and James Stirling
- Institutions
- University of Edinburgh , University of Glasgow
- Projects
- Stirling engine
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- 1790-10-25
- date of death
- 1878-06-06
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Robert Stirling (25 October 1790 – 6 June 1878) was a Scottish clergyman and engineer. He invented the Stirling engine and was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame in 2014.
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1790 births1878 deaths19th-century ministers of the Church of Scotland19th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministersAlumni of the University of EdinburghAlumni of the University of GlasgowClan StirlingPeople from Galston, East AyrshirePeople from Perth and KinrossScottish Engineering Hall of Fame inducteesScottish engineersScottish inventors