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* 1670, + 1749, officier de l'armée jacobite écossaise et poète
* 1670, 1749, officier de l'armée jacobite écossaise et poète
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1670
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Property / Date of birth: 1670 / rank
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Property / Country of citizenship: Scotland / rank
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Education: University of St. Andrews
 
Property / Biographical notes: Education: University of St. Andrews / rank
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Property / Biographical notes: Education: University of St. Andrews / reference
 
Property / Biographical notes
Overall: Fascinating: Robertson's life is straight out of Scott: he lived as head of his clan taking hundreds of fighting men out in '88, '15, and '45 (though in this last, aet 75, he did not fight directly), refusing to build roads back to his estate lest duns get in, and drinking huge quantities of whiskey and brandy. He spent long periods of time in exile in France and Italy, fighting in the French army, and as a semi-outlaw in England. But he also wrote substantial quantities of what appears to be polished magazine-quality verse: epigrams, love lyrics, psalm paraphrases, translations from Horace and other classical authors. On one level he falls into the aristocratic man of letters pattern, beside Charles Sackville or even Horace Walpole. On another level he reminds one of the Dread Pirate Roberts or something.
 
Property / Biographical notes: Overall: Fascinating: Robertson's life is straight out of Scott: he lived as head of his clan taking hundreds of fighting men out in '88, '15, and '45 (though in this last, aet 75, he did not fight directly), refusing to build roads back to his estate lest duns get in, and drinking huge quantities of whiskey and brandy. He spent long periods of time in exile in France and Italy, fighting in the French army, and as a semi-outlaw in England. But he also wrote substantial quantities of what appears to be polished magazine-quality verse: epigrams, love lyrics, psalm paraphrases, translations from Horace and other classical authors. On one level he falls into the aristocratic man of letters pattern, beside Charles Sackville or even Horace Walpole. On another level he reminds one of the Dread Pirate Roberts or something. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / Biographical notes: Overall: Fascinating: Robertson's life is straight out of Scott: he lived as head of his clan taking hundreds of fighting men out in '88, '15, and '45 (though in this last, aet 75, he did not fight directly), refusing to build roads back to his estate lest duns get in, and drinking huge quantities of whiskey and brandy. He spent long periods of time in exile in France and Italy, fighting in the French army, and as a semi-outlaw in England. But he also wrote substantial quantities of what appears to be polished magazine-quality verse: epigrams, love lyrics, psalm paraphrases, translations from Horace and other classical authors. On one level he falls into the aristocratic man of letters pattern, beside Charles Sackville or even Horace Walpole. On another level he reminds one of the Dread Pirate Roberts or something. / reference
 
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Property / Country of citizenship: United Kingdom / rank
 
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Property / Family name: Robertson / rank
 
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Property / Given name(s): Alexander / rank
 
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Property / Given name(s): Alexander / qualifier
 
Position in sequence: 1
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Property / Geographic compatriot of: Scotland / rank
 
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Property / Date of birth
 
1670
Timestamp+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z
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CalendarGregorian
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Property / Date of birth: 1670 / rank
 
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* 1670, + 1749, Scottish Jacobite army officer and poet
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Alexander Robertson
* 1670, + 1749, Scottish Jacobite army officer and poet

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