John Robison

(1739-1805)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Robison, John, 1739-1805 NRA: Robison John (1739-1805) Scientist DNB: Robison, John (1739-1805), natural philosopher and inventor LBT ID: JoRobis1805 VIAF ID: 46904978 LOC ID: n86822396	B/BAP: 1739-02-04 DIED: 1805-01-30
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Educated at Glasgow University, he was professor of natural philosophy at Edinburgh University (1773) and contributor to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
REFERENCES TO John Robison: Sir Walter Scott to Daniel Terry, 14 February 1823 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1823 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter I. Found 1: ¶ 23 Chapter XI. Found 2: ¶ 42 ¶ n1