Robert Childers (other)
Robert Childers may refer to: * Robert Caesar Childers (1838–1876), British Orientalist scholar * Erskine Childers (author) (1870–1922), author and Irish nationalist * Robert L. Childers, judge in Tennessee See also *Robert Child (other) Robert Child may refer to: * Robert Child (agriculturalist) (1613–1654), English physician, agriculturist and alchemist * Sir Robert Child (Devizes MP) Sir Robert Child (bap. 6 June 1674 – 6 October 1721) was an English banker and politici ...

Robert Caesar Childers
Robert Caesar Childers (12 February 1838 – 25 July 1876) was a British Orientalist scholar, compiler of the first Pāli-English dictionary. Childers was the husband of Anna Barton of Ireland. He was the father of Irish nationalist Erskine Childers and grandfather to the fourth President of Ireland, Erskine Hamilton Childers. Early life and marriage He was born in Nice, Piedmont-Sardinia, the son of Canon Charles Childers, chaplain to the English colony in Nice. His grandmother was Selina Eardley. In 1857, at the age of nineteen, he began the study of Hebrew at Wadham College, Oxford, graduating in 1861. After some travels in Ireland, he soon married Anna Barton of Glendalough House. The Bartons of Wicklow,Barton Collection, Wicklow County Archives
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Erskine Childers (author)
Robert Erskine Childers Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom), DSC (25 June 1870 – 24 November 1922), usually known as Erskine Childers (), was an English-born Irish writer, politician, and militant. His works included the influential novel ''The Riddle of the Sands''. Starting as an ardent Unionism in Ireland, Unionist, he later became a supporter of Irish Republicanism and smuggled guns into Ireland in his sailing yacht ''Asgard (yacht), Asgard''. He was executed by the authorities of the nascent Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War. He was the son of British Orientalism, Orientalist scholar Robert Caesar Childers; the cousin of Hugh Childers and Robert Barton; and the father of the fourth President of Ireland, Erskine Hamilton Childers. Early life Childers was born in Mayfair, London, in 1870. He was the second son of Robert Caesar Childers, a translator and Oriental studies, oriental scholar from an Anglican ministry, ecclesiastical family, and Anna Mary Henr ...
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Robert L
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ...
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