Sir Frederick Alexander Robertson

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(28 February 1854 – 20 December 1918) was a

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and academic administrator. He was educated at

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. He joined service and arrived in Punjab, India as Settlement Officer and Assistant Commissioner in 1876 and on special duty in connection with Settlement operations in Maler Kotla, 1888. He became the Director, Land Records and Agriculture in 1889; Divisional Judge in 1896; Temporary Additional Judge, Chief Court, Punjab in 1902 but confirmed in 1904."Robertson, Sir Frederick Alexander"
in ''The Indian Biographical Dictionary'' at Wikisource He served as a puisne judge in Punjab, India and as vice-chancellor of the

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from 1909 to 1910. He was also a lecturer on Mahomedan Law at the Imperial Institute. His publications are ''Customary Law of Rawalpindi district; also reports on the revised Settlement; and Forest Settlement of that District'' . He died in London on 20 December 1918.

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1854 births 1918 deaths Alumni of King's College London Fellows of King's College London Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Vice-Chancellors of the University of the Punjab {{Academic-administrator-stub