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ROBERTSON, William, Scottish historian, born in Borthwick, Scotland, 19 September, 1721 ; died in Edinburgh, Scotland, 11 June, 1793. He studied theology at the University of Edinburgh, where he was graduated in 1741. He held various livings, became, in 1762, principal of the University of Edinburgh, and was appointed royal historiographer of Scotland in 1764. He devoted many years to writing a "History of Scotland" (London, 1758-'9), which brought him fame and advancement, and encouraged him to apply the same degree of care and industry to a "History of the Emperor Charles V." (1769). He then undertook a " History of America," and published the first eight books, dealing with the settlement and history of the Spanish colonies (1777), but the Revolutionary war deterred him from carrying out his plan. The ninth and tenth books, containing the history of Virginia until 1688 and that of New England up to 1652, were published from his manuscripts by his son William (1796). Numerous collective editions of Robertson's works have appeared. His biography has been written by Dugald Stewart (1801) and by Lord Brougham in his "Lives of Men of Letters" (1857).
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