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George Robertson (captain)
George Robertson may refer to: Politicians *George Robertson (congressman) (1790–1874), U.S. Representative from Kentucky *George Morison Robertson (1821–1867), Hawaiian politician * George W. Robertson (1838–1906), New York politician *George Wilson Robertson (1889–1963), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada *George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (born 1946), UK Defence Secretary, NATO Secretary-General Sportspeople * George Robertson (bobsleigh) (born 1958), British Olympic bobsledder *George Robertson (cricketer) (1842–1895), Australian cricketer * George Robertson (footballer, born 1883) (1883–?), Scottish footballer, played for Clyde, Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham * George Robertson (footballer, born 1885) (1885–1937), Scottish footballer, played for Motherwell, Sheffield Wednesday, East Fife and Scotland * George Robertson (footballer, born 1915) (1915–2006), Scottish footballer, played for Kilmarnock and Scotland * George Robertson (footballer, born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Robertson (congressman)
George Robertson (November 18, 1790 – May 16, 1874) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Early life Born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Robertson pursued preparatory studies and attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, until 1806. He studied law, was Admission to the bar in the United States, admitted to the bar in 1809, and commenced practice in Lancaster, Kentucky. Legal and political career Robertson was elected as a Democratic-Republican Party, Democratic-Republican to the 15th United States Congress, Fifteenth, 16th United States Congress, Sixteenth, and 17th United States Congress, Seventeenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1817, until his resignation in 1821, before the convening of the Seventeenth Congress. He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Fifteenth Congress). He served as member of the Kentucky House of Representatives 1822-1827, serving four years as speaker. He declined th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Robertson (rugby Union)
George Scott Robertson was a rugby union footballer from New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... He was a member of the team which toured Australia in 1884 and which is recognised as the first New Zealand national team. References * 1857 births 1920 deaths New Zealand international rugby union players Rugby union forwards Rugby union players from the London Borough of Hackney {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George G
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Croom Robertson
George Croom Robertson (10 March 1842 – 20 September 1892) was a Scottish philosopher. He sat on the Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage and his wife, Caroline Anna Croom Robertson was a college administrator. Biography He was born in Aberdeen. In 1857 he gained a bursary at Marischal College, and graduated MA in 1861, with the highest honours in classics and philosophy. In the same year he won a Fergusson scholarship of £100 a year for two years, which enabled him to pursue his studies outside Scotland. He went first to University College, London; at the University of Heidelberg he worked on his German; at the Humboldt University in Berlin he studied psychology, metaphysics and also physiology under Emil du Bois-Reymond, and heard lectures on Hegel, Kant and the history of philosophy, ancient and modern. After two months at the University of Göttingen, he went to Paris in June 1863. In the same year he returned to Aberdeen and helped Alexander Bai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Robertson (publisher)
George Robertson (14 April 186027 August 1933) was an English-born Australian bookseller and publisher, who alongside partner and Scotsman David Angus co-founded the publishing division of Angus & Robertson. Biography Robertson, the son of the Rev. John Robertson, was born at Halstead, Essex, England. He was educated at the Southwestern Academy, Glasgow and trained as a bookseller with James Maclehose, bookseller to the University of Glasgow. He emigrated to New Zealand as a young man, and, two years later (in 1882), he relocated to Sydney, where he found employment at the local branch of George Robertson and Company, booksellers of Melbourne. He was not related to the founder of that firm. In January 1886 he joined David MacKenzie Angus in partnership, at first in Market Street, Sydney and later, in Castlereagh Street, Sydney. After Angus' death in 1900 Robertson continued in partnership with Frederick Wymark and Richard Thomson who had acquired Angus' share of the busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Robertson (bookseller)
George Robertson (5 July 1825 – 23 March 1898) was a Scottish-Australian businessman as an early bookseller and publisher of Australian literature. Robertson was born at Glasgow, Scotland. His parents moved to Dublin when he was four years old. He subsequently became apprenticed to a firm of publishers. He worked for a time with Currey and Company Booksellers in Scotland. In Dublin he had become friendly with Samuel Mullen and the two young men decided to emigrate to Australia. They reached Melbourne on ''Great Britain'' in 1852, bringing with them a collection of books. Robertson opened first in Russell Street but soon moved to Collins Street, and around 1861 built a three-storey building at 69 Elizabeth Street. The business was developing fast, principally on the wholesale side. In those days there were no publishers' representatives in Australia, and the great problem for the bookseller was to forecast what would be popular, and order a sufficient number of copies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Robertson (writer)
George Robertson (c.1750–1832) was a Scottish topographical, agricultural and genealogical writer. Life Born in Midlothian about 1750, Robertson occupied a farm at Granton, near Edinburgh, for many years. He was active in agricultural affairs in various parts of Scotland, from 1765 until shortly before his death. Robertson moved from Granton to Kincardineshire in 1800, and then to Ayrshire in June 1811. In later life he concentrated on genealogical investigations, working in the library at Eglinton Castle and Glasgow libraries. He died at his residence, Bower Lodge, near Irvine, in 1832. Works Robertson's major publications were: * ''General View of the Agriculture of the County of Midlothian, with Observations on the Means of its Improvement; drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement'', Edinburgh, 1793; London, 1794; Edinburgh, 1795. In 1807, he authored the publication “Rural Recollections” while living in Kicardineshire, provid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Robertson (painter)
George Robertson (–1788) was an English landscape painter. Life George Robertson, born in London about 1748, was son of a wine merchant, and received his education from a Mr. Rolfe in Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell. He studied art at William Shipley, Shipley's school, and was noted there for his skill in drawing horses, for which he received a premium from the Society of Arts in 1761. He afterwards went to Italy, and studied in Rome. He was patronised by William Beckford of Somerley, William Beckford of Somerley Hall, Suffolk, with whom Robertson went to Colony of Jamaica, Jamaica, where Beckford had a large property. Robertson drew several views of this property in Jamaica, which on his return were finely engraved by D. Lerpinière, T. Vivares, and J. Mason, and published by John Boydell. He also exhibited views of Jamaica and other landscapes at the Incorporated Society of Artists' exhibitions, acting as vice-president of the society for some years. He obtained employment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
