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Dr William Robertson
Kay, John, 1790, Etching
Dr William Robertson
Dr William Robertson
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Title
His Majesty's Historiographer (Dr William .Robertson, D.D., in his full clerical dress)
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Dr Robertson wearing full clerical dress and hat is walking.
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Kay, John
Date
1790
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16 x 8 cm
Type
Etching
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
William Robertson was born in 1721 at Borthwick, Midlothian. After studying divinity at Edinburgh University he was appointed minister of the parish of Gladsmuir in East Lothian in 1743 and later of Greyfriars in Edinburgh.
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