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Robert Duncanson (other)
Robert Duncanson may refer to: * Robert Duncanson (Scots Army officer) (1658–1705), Scottish professional soldier *Robert S. Duncanson Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821 – December 21, 1872) was a 19th-century American landscape painting, landscapist of European and African ancestry. Inspired by famous American landscape artists like Thomas Cole, Duncanson created renowned landsca ... (1821–1872), American painter See also * Robert Duncan (other) * Duncanson (surname) {{Hndis, Duncanson, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Duncanson (Scots Army Officer)
Robert Duncanson, 1658 to May 1705, was a Scottish professional soldier from Inveraray; a retainer of the Earl of Argyll, he began his career during the 1685 Argyll's Rising, and is now best remembered for his involvement in the February 1692 Glencoe massacre. Following the failure of the 1685 Rising, he escaped to the Dutch Republic, and returned after the 1688 Glorious Revolution in Scotland. During the Jacobite rising of 1689, he commanded the Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot, the primary unit involved in the Massacre, after which he was posted to Flanders for the Nine Years' War, where he remained until the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick. When the War of the Spanish Succession began in 1701, he served in Flanders until 1704, when he was posted to Spain and Portugal; in May 1705, he died of wounds sustained leading an assault on the Spanish border town of Valencia de Alcantara. Biography Robert Duncanson was one of four children born to John Duncanson (c.1630–1687), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert S
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Duncan (other)
Robert or Bob Duncan may refer to: Arts * Robert Duncan (poet) (1919–1988), American poet * Robert Duncan (writer) (born 1952), American music critic * Robert Duncan (actor) (born 1952), British TV actor * Robert Duncan (composer), Canadian composer Politics * Robert Duncan (politician) (1850–1925), Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Govan * Robert B. Duncan (1920–2011), U.S. Representative from Oregon * Mike Duncan (Robert Michael Duncan, born 1951), 62nd Chairman of the Republican National Committee * Robert M. Duncan Jr. (born 1978), United States Attorney and son of Mike Duncan * Robert L. Duncan (born 1953), Texas state senator Science and engineering * Robert C. Duncan (engineer) (1923–2003), American engineer * Robert C. Duncan (astrophysicist), American astrophysicist * Robert Duncan (physicist), American physicist Other people *Robert Duncan of Robert Duncan and Company, a shipyard in the Port of Glasgow on the Clyde in Scotland * Robert C. Duncan (athlete) (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
