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James Robertson
James Robertson 1742-1814, American frontiersman, a founder of Tennessee, b. Brunswick co., Va. He was reared in North Carolina. After the failure of the Regulator movement , he led (1771) a group of settlers from Orange co., N.C., to Tennessee, where he became a leader of the Watauga Association...
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William Robertson
William Robertson 1721-93, Scottish churchman and historian. As moderator (1762-80) of the general assembly of the Church of Scotland, he led the moderate party and enforced the right of the state to make clerical appointments. Robertson was one of the first to approach history as an empirical scie...
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Sir John Hare
Sir John Hare 1844-1921, English actor-manager, whose original name was John Fairs. From 1856 to 1874 he was a prominent actor with the Bancrofts' company in the plays of Tom Robertson. He managed (1875-79) the Court Theatre and later with the Kendals co-managed (1879-88) the St. James Theatre. In ...
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Oscar Robertson
Oscar Robertson 1938-, U.S. basketball player, b. Charlotte, Tenn. Passionately devoted to basketball as a youth, Robertson led his high school team to 45 consecutive victories. After an athletically brilliant college career at the Univ. of Cincinnati, Robertson, known as the "Big O," joined th...
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Richard Henderson
Richard Henderson 1735-85, American colonizer in Kentucky, b. Hanover co., Va. An associate justice of the North Carolina superior court (1769-73), Henderson was long interested in Western lands and was the chief promoter of the Transylvania Company . He followed (1775) Daniel Boone , an agent fo...
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Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson 1853-1937, English actor-manager. He was trained by Samuel Phelps, made his first appearance in 1874, and thereafter performed with the Bancrofts (1878), John Hare, and Henry Irving (1882). His portrayal of Hamlet was said to be the greatest of his time. In 1900 he mar...
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Thomas William Robertson
Thomas William Robertson 1829-71, English dramatist and actor; brother of Madge Kendal. After spending several years as an actor, he turned to playwriting, initiating the "cup and saucer" school of drama, which was characterized by its realism and its contemporary, domestic setting. His first s...
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Sir Dennis Robertson
Sir Dennis Robertson 1890-1963, British economist, grad. Trinity College, Cambridge. A professor at Cambridge (1944-57), he also handled Anglo-American financial relationships during World War II and played an active part in the postwar Bretton Woods Monetary Conference. Robertson was an early asso...
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Christian Coalition
Christian Coalition organization founded to advance the agenda of political and social conservatives, mostly comprised of evangelical Protestant Republicans, and to preserve what it deems traditional American values. It was established (1989) by Pat Robertson after he failed to win the 1988 Repub...
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William Robertson Smith
William Robertson Smith 1846-94, Scottish biblical scholar and Orientalist. He studied for the ministry of the Free Church of Scotland. From 1870 he was professor of Oriental languages and Old Testament exegesis at the Free Church College, Aberdeen. Certain articles on biblical subjects that he wro...
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