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Robert Smart
Robert Smart may refer to: * Robert Smart (Royal Navy officer) * Robert Borlase Smart, English artist * Robert W. Smart, American artist * Rob Smart, Canadian basketball coach and player {{hndis, Smart, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Smart (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral Sir Robert Smart, Order of the Bath, KCB, Royal Guelphic Order, KH (September 1796 – 10 September 1874) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Mediterranean Fleet, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet. Naval career Smart joined the Royal Navy and was promoted to lieutenant in 1820. Promoted to Captain (naval), captain in 1837, he took command, successively, of HMS Howe (1815), HMS ''Howe'', HMS Impregnable (1810), HMS ''Impregnable'', HMS Collingwood (1841), HMS ''Collingwood'' and HMS Indefatigable (1848), HMS ''Indefatigable''. He became captain superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard in 1854. Promoted to rear admiral in July 1857, he became Channel Fleet, Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron in 1861 and Mediterranean Fleet, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in April 1863. He was promoted to vice admiral in December 1863 and was required to assess the damage caused by the Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic disturbances in the neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Borlase Smart
Robert Borlase Smart RBA ROI RBC RWA SMA, generally known as Borlase Smart (11 February 1881, Kingsbridge, Devon – 3 November 1947, St Ives, Cornwall) worked as an art editor and critic on the '' Western Morning News / Illustrated Western Weekly News'' from 1901 to 1913, but is principally known as an artist, in which capacity he became a founding member of the St Ives School during the years following his return from the First World War. Artistic career Borlase Smart studied at Plymouth Art College between 1897 and 1900, and obtained, after a further year's study, a first class honours certificate in teaching from the Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public university, public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City, London, White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design uni ... in 1901. Smart worked as an art editor and critic at the '' Western Morning News'' which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert W
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'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name 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 En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
