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Robert II
Robert II (Robert Curthose), c.1054-1134, duke of Normandy (1087-1106); eldest son of King William I of England. Aided by King Philip I of France, he rebelled (1077) against his father. Father and son became reconciled, but Robert was later exiled. At William's death he inherited Normandy. Englan... Read more
Robert Blair
Robert Blair 1699-1746, English poet and clergyman. His literary reputation rests solely on his didactic, blank-verse poem on death, The Grave (1743). ... Read more
Robert the Devil
Robert the Devil hero of a medieval legend. He was sold to the devil by his mother before his birth but upon discovering the fact did penance and was able to purify himself of his many sins. The tale may have been derived from the life of Robert I, duke of Normandy. The story exists in several Fren... Read more
Robert Gloucester, earl of
Robert Gloucester, earl of d. 1147, English nobleman; illegitimate son of Henry I. Henry created (c.1121) the earldom of Gloucester for him. After his father's death (1135), Robert appeared to accept the seizure of the throne by Henry's nephew, Stephen , to whom he did conditional homage in 1136. ... Read more
Robert II
Robert II 1316-90, king of Scotland (1371-90), nephew and successor of David II . He was the first sovereign of the house of Stuart, or Stewart (see Stuart , family), which eventually succeeded to the English as well as the Scottish throne. The son of Walter the Steward and Marjory, daughter of R... Read more
Robert Franz
Robert Franz , 1815-92, German composer of about 350 lieder, intimate songs, usually in strophic form. The first of them (pub. 1843) drew warm praise from Schumann. Franz championed a revival of the music of Bach and Handel. ... Read more
Robert Garnier
Robert Garnier , 1534?-1590, French dramatic poet. He wrote mainly closet dramas in the classical manner of Seneca. Les Juives [the Jewish women] (1583), based on the Bible, is perhaps the best of his tragedies. He is also credited with the first tragicomedy in French, Bradamante (1582). ... Read more
Robert Kett
Robert Kett d. 1549, English rebel. He led an agrarian revolt in 1549 as a protest against the enclosure of common land for sheep grazing. With 16,000 men he blockaded Norwich, but was defeated and executed. ... Read more
Robert Walker
Robert Walker d. 1658?, English painter, a follower of Van Dyck and favorite portraitist of Oliver Cromwell. His portraits of Cromwell and his family and followers are convincing studies of Puritan temperament. Examples are in the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Metropolitan Museum. ... Read more
Jean Eugène Robert Houdin
Jean Eugène Robert Houdin or Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin , 1805-71, French conjurer and magician. Originally a clockmaker, he was celebrated for his optical illusions and mechanical devices and for his attributing his "magic" to natural instead of supernatural means. Houdin was t... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Roberts,"

Roberts, Oral
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Oral Roberts American evangelist Oral Roberts (born 1918) was an early pioneer in televangelism, or using television to preach the gospel. Roberts, a stutterer-turnedpreacher who survived a bout of deadly...
Roberts, John G., Jr.
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography John G. Roberts, Jr. When he was sworn in by Associate...Stevens on September 29, 2005, John Glover Roberts, Jr. (born 1955) became the seventeenth...United States Supreme Court. At age 50, Roberts was the youngest chief justice since John...
Frederick Sleigh Roberts
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Frederick Sleigh Roberts The British soldier and filed marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford (1832-1914), made his reputation in India and South Africa and then became the last commander...
Roberts, Owen Josephus
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ROBERTS, OWEN JOSEPHUS Owen Josephus Roberts served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court...in an effort to address the effects of the Great Depression. Roberts cast the deciding vote in a major case that marked a shift in...
Roberts, Jane (1929-1984)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Roberts, Jane (1929-1984) Public name of Jane...pope of the fourth century. In 1963, Roberts and her husband, Robert Butts, experimented...and when "Seth" spoke through her, Roberts's voice and features changed character...
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar , 1832-1914, British field marshal. He joined...relief of Kandahar in the second Afghan War (1878-80). Roberts was made commander in chief of the Madras army in 1880 and of...
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Roberts, Frederick Sleigh (1832–1914). Field marshal. Roberts first demonstrated his talents as an army officer...forces had suffered several humiliating defeats before Roberts arrived in South Africa to take command, when his...
Richard John Roberts
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Richard John Roberts 1943-, British biochemist, Ph.D., Univ. of Sheffield, 1968. Roberts joined James D. Watson 's Cold Spring Harbor...assistant director for research in 1986. Roberts the studied adenovirus, which causes the...
Mister Roberts
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Mister Roberts (1948), a play by Thomas Heggen and...Theatre, 1,157 perf.] Lt. Douglas Roberts ( Henry Fonda ) has long served the bored...instead. The Captain has regularly refused Roberts's plea for a transfer, but Roberts...
Roberts, Estelle (1889-1970)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Roberts, Estelle (1889-1970) One of the more...investigate her physical mediumship. Estelle Roberts died in 1970. Sources: Berger, Arthur...Research. New York: Paragon House, 1991. Roberts, Estelle. Fifty Years a Medium. London...

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Roberts, Isaac
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ROBERTS, ISAAC ( b . Groes, near Denbigh, North...1904) astronomy . The son of a farmer, Roberts was brought up in Liverpool and after an...Liverpool, independently, the firm of Roberts and Robinson, which secured many important...
Roberts, Julia
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ROBERTS, Julia Nationality: American. Born...October 1967; sister of the actor Eric Roberts. Family: Married Lyle Lovett, 1993...Soderbergh) (title role) Publications By ROBERTS: articles— Interview with Catherine...
Roberts-Austen, William Chandler
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ROBERTS-AUSTEN, WILLIAM CHANDLER ( b . Kennington, Surrey, England...d . London, England, 22 November 1902) metallurgy . Roberts-Austen was the eldest son of George Roberts and Maria Louisa Chandler. (In 1885, as heir of his uncle...
Roberts, Henry
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Roberts, Henry (1803–76). British...than a touch of Smirke's influence ( Roberts had assisted Smirke on the working-drawings...at the time was George Gilbert Scott . Roberts developed a successful practice, designing...
Roberts, Tom
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Roberts, Tom (1856–1931). British...meeting artists who had studied in Paris. Roberts returned to Melbourne in 1885 and was soon...fellow member Arthur Streeton said that from Roberts's ‘quick perception and expression...
Roberts, William
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Roberts, William (1895–1980). British...x2019; at the Tate Gallery in 1956, Roberts wrote a series of pamphlets (1956...x2019; at the Hayward Gallery in 1974, Roberts issued another pamphlet, In Defence of...
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Roberts, Frederick Sleigh (1832–1914). Field marshal. Roberts first demonstrated his talents as an army officer...forces had suffered several humiliating defeats before Roberts arrived in South Africa to take command, when his...
Roberts et al. v. United States Jaycees
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ROBERTS ET AL. V. UNITED STATES JAYCEES ROBERTS ET AL. V. UNITED STATES JAYCEES, 468 U.S. 609 (1984...burden on their male members' freedom of association." Roberts did not ban all sex discrimination in private associations...
Roberts, Benjamin Stone
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Roberts, Benjamin Stone (1810–75...After four years of military service, Roberts joined the railroad industry, becoming...the Second Battle of Bull Run (1862). Roberts's failure to defend the Baltimore and...
Roberts Commission, the
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Roberts Commission, the an inquiry into the circumstances...Roosevelt on December 18, 1941. The Roberts Commission panel consisted of a U.S...of the Army. On January 23, 1942, the Roberts Commission concluded that the navy and...

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Roberts Checks Out of Hospital
News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/31/2007; 700+ words ; WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts was released from a hospital in Maine Tuesday, a day after suffering a seizure. Roberts walked out the hospital's ambulance...onlookers as he left. The 52-year-old Roberts plans to continue his vacation at a summer...
Roberts looks for redemption at Southern Illinois
News Wire article from: University Wire; 11/15/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...U-WIRE) CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Rolan Roberts loves pit bulls. "They're just good dogs," Roberts said. "They're misunderstood." An...perhaps, but one that seems a perfect fit for Roberts. The way Roberts sees it, being misunderstood...
Roberts Hotels Group Becomes Choice Hotels Largest African American Franchisee.
Newspaper article from: Science Letter; 12/30/2008; 700+ words ; ...NYSE:CHH) is pleased to announce that Roberts Hotels Group is the company's largest...inventory fast approaching the 1,000 mark. Roberts Hotels Group also happens to be the largest...International, Inc.). "Mike and Steve Roberts are two of the nation's most successful...
Shepsel Roberts dies at age 89; he circumcised 13,000 babies; He also co-founded the Torah Academy in St. Louis Park in 1945.(NEWS)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 3/13/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Hahn; Staff Writer The Rev. Shepsel Roberts, who performed circumcisions on more...by [those in] all walks of life." Roberts, of St. Louis Park, trained as a mohel...Goldberg. I studied. I listened," Roberts said in 1989. "You can't do it until...
Roberts shows he can give Wolves a lift.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 12/13/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...speaking of doughnuts, how about that Stanley Roberts? It may be unfair to poke fun at Roberts' suet. The 7-foot, 290-pound (listed...Knicks might have been a statement game for Roberts. He was a force for his 23 minutes on the...
Resilient Roberts shines for Toronto.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/28/2002; 700+ words ; ...player under serious consideration was Gary Roberts of Calgary but it was decided his health...risk that it wasn't worth the gamble. Roberts has the last laugh. Four years after...retirement by neck and spine injuries, Roberts is playing and starring for the Toronto...
Roberts goes 'Way Out'
Newspaper article from: Glenview Announcements (IL); 9/9/2004; ; 700+ words ; Justin Roberts doesn't have any children of his own...songs he writes for child audiences. Roberts, an Evanston resident, just thinks back...I forgot how traumatic it was," Roberts said. "I remember screaming -- thinking...
Roberts rebuffs Democrats; Chief justice nominee refuses to answer direct questions about his opinion regarding Roe v. Wade
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 9/14/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief justice nominee John Roberts repeatedly refused to answer questions...where they are most comfortable," said Roberts, who also sidestepped questions about...religious beliefs do not play a role," added Roberts, who is Catholic. "I will be my own...
ORAL ROBERTS' 'DO-OR-DIE' CRY DRAWS CRITICS, MONEY
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 3/14/1987; 700+ words ; PHOTO Evangelist Oral Roberts gestures during a sermon delivered from...advertising methods, evangelist Oral Roberts has thrown himself in the midst of controversy...million of the $8 million. The money Roberts is seeking is for medical school scholarships...
Football: Roberts on way out of Hawthorns.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 8/30/2003; 700+ words ; Byline: Hyder Jawad Jason Roberts today faces the biggest decision of...Hawthorns after three turbulent years. The Roberts camp will continue negotiating with...Leicester appear likeliest to take Roberts, given his desire to return to the...