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ROBERTSON, ABRAHAM, son of Abraham Robertson, Duns, Berwickshire; b. 4 Nov 1751; at school under Markham (DNB); kept a school at Ryle, Northumberland, and afterwards at Duns; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Dec 1775; BA 1779; MA 1782; BD and DD 1807; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1782; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1778, priest 10 Jun 1781 (both Oxford); Chaplain, Christ Church; Vicar of Ravensthorpe, Northants, 13 Feb 1789-97; FRS 21 May 1795; Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford Univ. 1797-1810, Savilian Professor of Astronomy and Radcliffe Observer from 1810; made calculations for Lord Grenville’s system of finance 1807; drew up the tables for Spencer Perceval’s system of increasing the sinking fund by granting life annuities on government security 1808; author, Sectionum Conicarum Libri VII, 1792, and other works; m. c. 1790 --- Bacon, Drayton, Berks.; d. 4 Dec 1826. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.