Background
Markham, Robert Claudius was born on January 10, 1931 in Old Hickory, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Osbern and Nellie Frances (Butts) Markham.
Markham, Robert Claudius was born on January 10, 1931 in Old Hickory, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Osbern and Nellie Frances (Butts) Markham.
Bachelor, U. Richmond, 1953; Master of Arts, U. Richmond, 1954; Juris Doctor, U. Richmond, 1956.
Instructor English, U. Richmond, Virginia, 1960-1962; instructor English, Richmond Professional Institute, 1962-1964; Professor of English, Virginia Commonwealth U., Richmond, since 1964; sole practitioner in law, Richmond, since 1957.
Co-founder, incorporator Friends of the Library., Chesterfield County, Virginia, 1971-1972. Sponsor, incorporator Infant Death Syndrome, Inc., Richmond, 1974. Chairman deacons Chester (Virginia) Baptist Church, 1990.
Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association, Chester, 1990. Member Virginia State Bar Association, Chesterfield-Colonel Hts. Bar Association.
Married Mary Josephine Arnold, March 26, 1954 (divorced March 1967). 1 child, Katherine Arnold. Married Geraldine Ruth Vaughan, March 8, 1969.
Children: Robert O. II, Rosalind C., Eric V.