Robson, Edward
Variant namesEpithet: solicitor
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Epithet: Reverend; editor of ' The Protestant Advocate.'
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Edward Robson (1763-1813), botanist, was born in Darlington on 17 October 1763, and worked in the town as a linen draper at High Row. He became an associate of the Linnean Society in 1790, and in 1793 was a founding member and treasurer of the Society for Promoting the Study of General and Natural History and Antiquities. Robson wrote on the flora of county Durham. He died at Tottenham, Middlesex, on 21 May 1813.
From the guide to the Edward Robson: Letters to him, 1791-1808, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
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| creatorOf | MORGAN-GRENVILLE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. I (ff. ). 1. ff. Correspondence of the first Duke and Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, with one letter to the 2nd Duke; 1827-1832, 1845. 2. ff. Miscellaneous letters (3) to the 3rd Duke of Buckingham; 1864,..., 1827-1922 | British Library | |
| creatorOf | Edward Robson: Letters to him, 1791-1808 | Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Vol. Lll (ff. 333). 10 Nov.-Dec. 1813.includes:ff. 1, 2 b Richard Davies, Vicar of St. Nicholas, Leicester: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1813.ff. 3, 4 b, 36 Sir Richard Hardinge, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1812-1815.f. 5 ... | British Library |
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