Background
A poem on Saint Andrews Links was the joint work of Chambers and his father.
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Robert Chambers
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Career
In 1874, on the resignation of James Payn, he became editor of Chambers"s Journal. He occasionally contributed papers, and he conducted the magazine with great success. He took an active part in the production of the first edition of Chambers"s Encyclopædia (1859-1868), and helped in the preliminary work in connection with the new edition
He also assisted Alexander Ireland, in the preparation of the 1884 edition of his father"s Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, in which was given the first authoritative information of the authorship.
Chambers was for long in delicate health, and spent most of his time at North Berwick or Saint Andrews. He died of an affection of the heart on 23 March 1888 at his house in Claremont Crescent in the eastern New Town, Edinburgh.
He is buried on the north side of one of the central paths in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.
Membership
He became a member of the publishing firm in 1853, and in 1862 wrote an excellent book on golfing, A Few Rambling Remarks on Golf.
