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Robertson, William
Robertson, William (1786–1841). Scots architect, active in Morayshire and surrounding areas. He established his practice in Elgin c.1823. An accomplished Greek and Gothic Revivalist, and a fine draughtsman, he designed the RC churches at Wick (Caithness) and Inverness (1836), the Public Library, originally Dr Bell's School (1839–41—Greek Revival), the former Union Hotel, Inverness (1838–9), and many other buildings, all of them with some architectural presence. His Banff Academy (1836–8), sundry works at Cullen, Banffshire (Town Hall, Post Office, Seafield Arms, Stables, Houses in the Square, and South Deskford Street, villas at Seafield Place, etc. (1822–5) ), and the mausolea at Bellie, Fochabers, Morayshire (1824–5—Greek Revival), and Inveravon, Banffshire (1829—Gothic), attest to his ability to design agreeably proportioned and well-mannered buildings.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Robertson, William." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Robertson, William." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-RobertsonWilliam1.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Robertson, William." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-RobertsonWilliam1.html |
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Robertson, William
Robertson, William (1770–1850). English-born architect, active in and around Kilkenny, often confused with Daniel Robertson. He designed numerous minor country-houses including Jenkinstown, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny (early C19—'cardboard' Gothick), Rosehill, Kilkenny (1820s—eclectic, but much damaged), and Gowran Castle, Co. Kilkenny (1817–20—Classical). He is primarily remembered for his rebuilding of the ancestral seat of the Ormonde Butlers, Kilkenny Castle (from 1826—castellated), which successfully obliterated virtually all the medieval fabric (the building was subsequently gone over by Deane & Woodward and others, badly damaged in the Civil War (1922), and drastically worked on in the 1970s by the Board of Works to eliminate persistent dry rot). Robertson appears to have had his eye on Kilkenny for some time, as in 1797 he exhibited a drawing of the Castle.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Robertson, William." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Robertson, William." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-RobertsonWilliam.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Robertson, William." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-RobertsonWilliam.html |
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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 science. His History of Scotland during the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI (1759), a factual, pragmatic history, was praised by Edmund Burke, David Hume, and others. Soon after its success, he became principal of the Univ. of Edinburgh (1762) and historiographer royal (1764). His masterpiece was The History of the Reign of Charles V (3 vol., 1796; ed. by W. H. Prescott, 2 vol., 1857), though it has long been dated. His History of the Discovery and Settlement of America (1777) was the first sympathetic treatment in English of the Spanish in America. |
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"William Robertson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "William Robertson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-RbrtsnW.html "William Robertson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-RbrtsnW.html |
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Robertson, William
Robertson, William (1721–93), a pivotal figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. Ordained in 1744, he came into prominence in the 1750s, when he helped to formulate the policies of the Moderate party within the Church of Scotland. In 1762 he became principal of Edinburgh University. Here he ended the imposition of religious tests for professors. As leader of the General Assembly (1752–80), he helped to revolutionize the government and ethos of the Church. Unlike the leaders of the Popular Party, who supported opposition to the Patronage Act, he insisted on obedience to civil and canon law. He also rejected the controversial theology of the 17th cent., distrusting dogmatism and Puritan other worldliness and freeing the clergy to contribute to the secular culture of the time.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Robertson, William." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Robertson, William." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-RobertsonWilliam.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Robertson, William." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-RobertsonWilliam.html |
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Robertson, William
Robertson, William (1721–93), Scottish historian, educator, and Church of Scotland leader, whose masterpiece, The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth (1769), was republished (1857) with an appendix by W.H. Prescott, an enthusiastic follower of Robertson's concepts of historical writing. An outgrowth of Robertson's interest in the New World, awakened by his research for this work, was his History of America (2 vols., 1777), interrupted by the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Although criticized for its omissions and inaccuracies, this vivid and moving narrative was very popular in its time.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Robertson, William." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Robertson, William." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-RobertsonWilliam.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Robertson, William." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-RobertsonWilliam.html |
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Robertson, William
Robertson, William (1721–93), a Presbyterian parish minister who achieved fame on the publication of his History of Scotland during the Reign of Queen Mary and of King James VI (1759). He also published a history of the reign of Charles V (1769), The History of America (1777), and a Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients Had of India (1791). Both in style and in scholarship his work is comparable with that of Hume.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Robertson, William." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Robertson, William." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-RobertsonWilliam.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Robertson, William." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-RobertsonWilliam.html |
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