William Robertson
Sign in to saveBritish historian, minister of religion, and principal of the University of Edinburgh (1721-1793)
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Within Vinony's link graph, William Robertson is referenced by 173 other articles, and connects out to Edinburgh, St Giles' Cathedral and Royal Society of Edinburgh.
It is catalogued under topics including 1721 births, 1793 deaths and 18th-century ministers of the Church of Scotland.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1913-08-28
- Died
- 1995-12-02
- Works
- 232
Top works
- At My Heart's Core
- The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks
- Tempest Tost
- Cunning Man
- The Personal Art
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
Discography
- Out of a Misty Dream2020
- Catastrophe Machine2022
- Echoings2024
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 334
- Total plays
- 2,245
Tags
William Robertson also known as Cecil Barfield <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/William+Robertson">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Robertson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Borthwick
- Place of death
- Edinburgh
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Edinburgh
- Employer
- University of Edinburgh
- Political party
- Whigs
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Doctoral student
- Charles Blagden
- Field of work
- history
- Image
- William Robertson (historian).jpg
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- Commons category
- William Robertson (historian)
- place of burial
- Greyfriars Kirkyard
- date of birth
- 1721-09-19
- date of death
- 1793-06-11
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- William Robertson
- P12749
- Marmentino
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to William Robertson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
