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LEFT ROBERTSON 71 ROBERTSON inary, Louisville, Ky. In 1904 he became business manager of the "Review and Expositor." He wrote "Life and Letters of John A. Broadus" (1900) ; "Syllabus for New Testament Study" (1903) ; "The Students' Chronological New Testament" (1904) ; "Keywords in the Teaching of Jesus" (1905) ; "Epochs in the Life of Jesus" (1908) ; "Commentary on Mat- thew" (1910) ; "John the Loyal" (1911) ; "The Glory of the Ministry" (1911); "Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research" (1914); "Studies in New Testament" (1915) ; "Training for Citizenship" (1918). His "Short Grammar of Greek New Testament" (1908) was translated into the Italian, German, French, and Dutch languages. He also contributed to many biblical dictionaries and encyclo- pedias. ROBERTSON, FREDERICK WILL- IAM, an English preacher; born in Lon- don, Feb. 3, 1816. He attended the gram- mar school of Beverley, and in 1830 became a pupil of the Edinburgh Acad- emy, and afterward attended the univer- sity of that city. Failing to obtain a com- mission in the army, he matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1837, with a view to enter the Church. He was or- dained in 1840, and took priest's orders a year later. He then went abroad, and at Geneva married the daughter of Sir George William Denys. From 1842 to 1846 he was curate at Christ Church, Cheltenham. He became incumbent of Trinity Chapel, Brighton, in 1847; and continued in this charge with increasing fame as a preacher till his death. His views on the Sabbath, tbe atonement, bap- tism, and inspiration were assailed as unorthodox, and he was accused of preach- ing democracy and socialism. His pub- lished works embrace "Lectures and Ad- dresses on Literary and Social Topics" (8vo, London, 1858), "Analysis of Tenny- son's In Memoriam" (1862), and sermons and lectures. He died in Brighton, August 15, 1853. ROBERTSON, JAMES BURTON, an English historian; born in London, Eng- land, Nov. 15, 1800; studied literature, philosophy, and the elements of dogmatic theology, in France; and after various preliminary essays published a transla- tion of Frederick Schlegel's "Philosophy of History" (1835) which passed through many editions. His second translation, "Symbolism, or Exposition of Doctrinal Differences between Catholics and Pro- testants" (1843), was also widely read in both England and America and cre- ated^ profound impression. His original writings include: "Public Lectures on Some Subjects of Ancient and Modern History" (1859) ; "Lectures on Some Subjects of Modern History and Biog- raphy" (1864) ; and many others. He died in Dublin, Feb. 14, 1877. ROBERTSON, JOSEPH, a Scottish antiquary; born in Aberdeen, May 17, 1810, was educated at Udny Academy, and the grammar school and Marischai College of his native city. An Episco- palian and Conservative, he was appren- ticed to a lawyer, but took early to writ- ing, and, after six years of literary work at Edinburgh was a newspaper editor at Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Edinburgh from 1839 to 1853. He was in that year appointed curator of the historical de- partment of the Edinburgh Register House. He was an originator of the Aberdeen Spalding Club (1839-1870) for which he edited eight works. Of his other works may be noticed "The Book of Bon- Accord, or a Guide to the City of Aber- deen" (1839), "Catalogues of the Jewels, Dresses, Books, and Paintings of Mary, Queen of Scots" (Bannatyne Club, 1863), the invaluable "Concilia Scotise: Ec- clesiae Scoticanae Statuta, 1225-1559" (1866), and an admirable article in the "Quarterly Review" for June, 1849, on "Scottish Abbeys and Cathedrals." He died Dec. 13, 1866. ROBERTSON, THOMAS M., an American economist, born in Alamance Co., N. C, in 1857. Until 1887 he taught school. From 1893 to 1895 he was a mem- ber of the N. C. house of representatives; from 1895 to 1897 he was connected with the United States Treasury Department, and from 1897 to 1903 with the Depart- ment of Labor. From 1904 to 1915 he was special examiner in the Bureau of Cor- porations, in charge of investigations of water power, cotton and lumber. From 1915 to 1917 he was assistant chief econo- mist and a member of the Joint Board of Review of the Federal Trade Commission, becoming in 1917 chief economist. ROBERTSON, SIR WILLIAM (ROB- ERT), a British military officer. He was born at Welbourne, Lincolnshire, England, in 1860 and was educated pri- vately. In 1888 he became a lieutenant in the 3rd Dragoon Guards, and in 1891 was railway transport officer in the Miranzai and Black Mountain Expeditions. In 1892-96 he was Staff Captain and D. A. Q. M. G., Intelligence Branch, Simla, and in 1895, Intelligence Officer, Headquarters, Chitral Relief Force, where he was se- verely wounded. He was in the South African War in 1900 and was Assistant Director of Military Operations in the War Office, 1901-7. In 1907 he was A. Q. M. G. at Aldershot and in 1910-13, Com-