| Authorised form of name | Robertson; John (1712 - 1776) |
| Dates | 1712 - 1776 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 1712 |
| Date of death | 11 December 1776 |
| Activity | Career:
Appointed clerk and librarian to the Royal Society (07 January 1768)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/12/1741 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Seymour L Chapin, 'Lalande and the Longitude: A Little Known London Voyage of 1763' in NR 1977-8 vol 32 pp 165-180 |
| Code | NA6931 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| AB/1/2/1/130 | Letter to James West from Mr Robertson | 15 August 1768 |
| AB/1/2/1/124 | Letter from Mr Kirkby to Mr Robertson | 11 January 1768 |
| L&P/3/283 | Paper, 'On the fall of water under bridges' by John Robertson | 1757 |
| L&P/6/80 | Letter, 'A general method of constructing figures for ship's cannon' from John Robertson to John Pringle | 30 August 1774 |
| L&P/4/111 | Paper, 'Of distilling fresh from sea water; attempy to use solar heat by means of a concave speculum' by John Robertson and James Lind | 26 April 1762 |
| L&P/3/207 | Paper, 'An essay towards ascertaining the specific gravity of living men' by John Robertson | 1756 |
| AB/1/2/1/128 | Letter to James West from Mr J Robertson | 28 June 1768 |
| L&P/2/253 | Letter, 'Of an improvement in the bills of mortality' from James Dodson to John Robertson | 13 January 1752 |
| MM/23/5 | Letter from John Robertson, Portsea, to John Nourse, Strand, London | 27 July 1755 |
| EC/1741/11 | Robertson, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 17 December 1741 |
| L&P/5/196 | Letter, 'Twenty cases of compound interest' from John Robertson to James West | 1770 |
| L&P/3/249 | Paper, 'Of a dockyard operation at Portsmouth' by John Robertson | 1757 |
| L&P/5/84 | Paper, 'Demonstration of a law of motion in the case of a body deflected by two forces tending constantly to two fixed points' by John Robertson and John Jones | 27 February 1769 |
| L&P/2/353 | Letter, 'Observation of Doidge's improvement of Hadley's quadrant' from John Robertson to the Royal Society | 1753 |
| L&P/3/52 | Letter, 'Agitation of waters at Portsmouth on Nov 1' from John Robertson to Thomas Birch | 23 November 1755 |
| L&P/5/45 | Paper, 'On the theory of circulating decimal fractions' by John Robertson | 1768 |