Robert Alexander may refer to:
Politics
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Robert Alexander (Maryland politician)
Robert Alexander (c. 1740 – 1805) was an American planter, lawyer, and Tory political leader during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Maryland in 1776.
Background
Robert Alexander was born on his fam ...
(1740–1805), loyalist Continental Congressman from Maryland
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Robert Alexander (North Carolina politician), 18th Century North Carolina politician
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Robert Alexander (Newfoundland politician) (1827–1884), merchant and politician in Newfoundland
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Robert Alexander, 16th Baron Cobham (1885–1951),
Baron Cobham
The title Baron Cobham has been created numerous times in the Peerage of England; often multiple creations have been extant simultaneously, especially in the fourteenth century.
The earliest creation was in 1313 for Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron ...
, British peer
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Robert Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon
Robert Scott Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon, Queen's Counsel, KC, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, FRSA (5 September 1936— 6 November 2005) was a British barrister, banker and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician.
Educati ...
(1936–2005), British barrister and Conservative politician
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Robert Keith Alexander (1930–2014), Alberta MLA, 1982–1985
Sports
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Robert Alexander (American football)
Robert Alan Alexander (April 21, 1958 – June 7, 2022) was an American football running back who played collegiately for the West Virginia Mountaineers.
Collegiate career
Alexander's career began at South Charleston High School, where he was t ...
(1958–2022), American football running back
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Robert Alexander (Irish sportsman) (1910–1943), Irish rugby union and cricket player
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Robert A. Alexander
Robert Aitcheson Alexander (1819 – December 1, 1867) was an American breeder of Thoroughbred and Standardbred horses.
Biography
Born on a farm near Midway, Woodford County, Kentucky, he and his siblings inherited the property on his father's d ...
(1819–1867), American horse breeder
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Robert Alexander (New Zealand cricketer)
Robert Edward Alexander (September 1911, in Christchurch – 9 May 1988, in Christchurch) was a New Zealand cricket player who appeared in only one first-class match, for Canterbury
Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, c ...
(1911–1988)
Other
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Robert Alexander (United States Army officer)
Major General Robert Alexander (October 17, 1863 – August 25, 1941) was a senior United States Army officer. He served in World War I, where he commanded the 77th Infantry Division, in which the famous Lost Battalion served, on the Western Fr ...
(1863–1941), American major general in World War I
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Robert Alexander (philanthropist)
Robert Alexander QC FRS FSA (18 January 1795 – 21 February 1843) was a British barrister.
He was the son of the Halifax, West Yorkshire solicitor Lewis Alexander and he studied law at Lincoln's Inn before he became a barrister. He was a foun ...
(1795–1843), British philanthropist
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Robert P. Alexander (1904–1985), collector and expert on Japanese classic postage stamps
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Robert Alexander (photographer)
Robert Alexander was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, on the November 21, 1943. He spent most of his early life there, eventually working as a freelance photographer and photographer's assistant from various addresses, including Remsen S ...
(1943–1989), American photographer
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Robert J. Alexander
Robert Jackson Alexander (November 26, 1918 – April 27, 2010) was an American political activist, writer, and academic who spent most of his professional career at Rutgers University. He is best remembered for his pioneering studies on the trade ...
(1918–2010), scholar at Rutgers University
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Robert McNeill Alexander
Robert McNeill (Neill) Alexander, CBE FRS (7 July 1934 – 21 March 2016) was a British zoologist and a leading authority in the field of biomechanics. For thirty years he was Professor of Zoology at the University of Leeds.
Early life and e ...
(1934–2016), British zoologist, and professor at University of Leeds
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Robert William Alexander
Robert William Alexander was an Irish writer (usual pen name: Joan Butler) (21 November 1905 - December 17, 1979). With regard to the novels he wrote, under the pen name of Joan Butler, Alexander developed a funny style which echoed that of such ...
(1905–1979), Irish writer
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Robert Alexander (artist)
Robert Alexander RSA RSW (1840–1923) was a 19th and early 20th century Scottish artist. He had a special interest in dog and horse portraits.
Life
Robert was born in Dalgarven near Kilwinning in Ayrshire. He was apprenticed to a painte ...
(1840–1923), Scottish artist
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Robert Wayne Alexander (born 1941), American biologist
See also
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Bob Alexander (disambiguation) Bob Alexander (1922–1993) was a Major League Baseball pitcher.
Bob Alexander may also refer to:
* Bob Alexander (ring announcer) (born 1963), American professional ring announcer
* Bob Alexander, American candidate for Congress, see United State ...
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