| Authorised form of name | Robertson; Abraham (1751 - 1826) |
| Other forms of name | Abram |
| Dates | 1751 - 1826 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Dunse, near Berwick, Berwickshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 04 November 1751 |
| Place of death | Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Date of death | 04 December 1826 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
St Peter's-in-the-East |
| Occupation | Clergyman |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Astronomy |
| Activity | Education:
Christchurch College, Oxford. BA (1779); MA (1782)
Career:
Kept a school at Ryle, Northumberland, and later one at Dunse, Berwickshire; took Holy Orders (1782); chaplain of Christchurch, Oxford; Savilian Professor of Geometry (1797); Savilian Professor of Astronomy (1810) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/05/1795 |
| Relationships | Son of Abraham Robertson |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Authority:
Altname from index to BR Abram; birth and burial place from DNB
References:
H E Bell, 'The Savilian Professors' Houses and Halley's Observatory at Oxford' in NR 1961 vol 16 pp 179-186 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/3585050 |
| 3585050 |
| Royal Society code | NA7290 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| AP/12/20/3 | Unpublished diagrams, angles of reflection and single-reflector telescope by Abraham Robertson | [1826] |
| EC/1795/14 | Robertson, Abraham: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PT/1/3/2 | Plate, geometric figures illustrating compound rotatory motion of the earth by [Abraham Robertson] | [1807] |
| PT/1/3/1 | Manuscript, 'On the precession of the equinoxes' by Reverend Abram [Abraham] Robertson | [1807] |
| AP/12/20/2 | Unpublished diagrams, angles of reflection by Abraham Robertson | [1826] |
| AP/12/20/1 | Unpublished paper, 'An account of a telescope having only one reflector, and of easy management in observing' by Abram [Abraham] Robertson | [1826] |
| AP/12/20 | Unpublished paper, 'An account of a telescope having only one reflector, and of easy management in observing' by Abram [Abraham] Robertson | [1826] |
| PT/10/7 | Paper, 'Direct and expeditious methods of calculating the excentric from the mean anomaly of a planet' by Abram [Abraham] Robertson | [1816] |
| L&P/10/121 | Letter, 'The binomial theorum demonstrated by the principles of multiplication' from Abraham Robertson to Nevil Maskelyne | 27 October 1794 |
| PT/10/8 | Paper, 'Demonstrations of the late Dr Maskelyne's formulae for finding the longitude and latitude of a celestial object from its right ascension and declination; and for finding its right ascension and declination from its longitude and latitude, the obliquity of the ecliptic being given in both cases' by Abram [Abraham] Robertson | [1816] |
| PT/73/5/7 | Drawings, terrestrial globes with equators, poles, ellipses, and quadrants by [Abraham Robertson] | [1816] |
| PT/1/3 | Paper, 'On the precession of the equinoxes' by Reverend Abram [Abraham] Robertson | [1806] |