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Robertson was born at Aberdeen, where his father was a merchant. His mother"s maiden name was Craigie. His father was a Presbyterian, but his mother"s family was Episcopalian.
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Robertson was born at Aberdeen, where his father was a merchant. His mother"s maiden name was Craigie. His father was a Presbyterian, but his mother"s family was Episcopalian.
He did not attempt to take honours, but spent vacations in Germany, and studied German literature.
His early education was mainly at Udny Academy, but he is said to have been at twelve other schools. in 1838. He was ordained in 1836. After serving two curacies, Robertson was instituted in 1846 to the vicarage of Bekesbourne, near Canterbury.
There he concentrated on historical research.
In 1859 he was made canon of Canterbury, and from 1864 to 1874 was professor of ecclesiastical history at King"s College, London. Robertson died at Canterbury on 9 July 1882, while working on the last volume of his "Memorials of Becket".
He was a moderate high churchman, out of sympathy with ritualism.
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In 1864 he was elected a member of the Athenæum Club as "a person eminent in literature".