James Robertson

(1714-1795)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Robertson, James, 1714-1795 DNB: Robertson, James (1714–1795), orientalist and Hebraist LBT ID: JaRober1795 VIAF ID: 73710364 LOC ID: nr91023504	B/BAP: 1714 DIED: 1795-11-26
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Educated at Leiden University, he was professor of Hebrew (1751) and librarian at Edinburgh University.
REFERENCES TO James Robertson: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch VI. 1811-1815 Found 1: ¶ 9