Show Name Robert of Teutonic Origin in Means Of Shining Fame Is Favored by Many Robert for centuries a favorite name is of Teutonic origin and means of shining fame Originating Originating Originating in Germany it is used in m eight languages and has about 20 forms Its noted bearers are numerous numerous numerous nu nu- nu- nu writes Florence A. A Cowles in n the Cleveland Plain Dealer Robert Bruce 1329 1274 Scotland's Scotland's Scotland's Scot Scot- lands land's national hero shall head the list Third of his noble house to bear the name name he Is called Liberator Liberator Libera Libera- tor of Scotland of which country he was king for the last 23 years of his life Other kings of Scotland have bave also borne this name Robert Burnes d. d 1796 Scotch poet and Robert Browning d. d 1889 English poet are two who deserve special mention Other great Roberts of the past are briefly Dudley earl of Leicester ter d d. d 1588 whom many believe to have been secretly the husband of Queen Elizabeth Blake d d. d 1657 English admiral Herrick d. d 1674 English poet who wrote I had not loved thee dear so much loved I Inot Inot Inot not honor more marc Boyle d. d 1691 English physicist discoverer of Boyles Boyle's law relating to pressure of gases Harley earl carl of Oxford and Mortimer d. d 1724 1 British statesman states states- man Lord Clive d. d 1774 founder lounder of the British Empire in hi India Adam Adamd d d. d 1792 architect designer of furniture furniture furniture fur fur- Emmet d. d 1803 Irish patriot patriot patriot pa pa- triot Morris d. d 1806 signer of the Declaration of Independence founder found found- er of the Bank of Philadelphia oldest oldest oldest old old- est financial institution in the United States Paine d d. d 1814 lawyer signer of the Declaration of Independence Independence Independence Inde Inde- Fulton d d. d 1815 first to apply steam to navigation with practical success Blair d d. d 1828 Scottish astronomer astronomer astronomer astron astron- omer remembered also for suggesting suggesting suggest suggest- ing the use of lime juice in the British navy as a preventive of scurvy Hoe d d. d 1833 inventor of the Hoe press Hoe Hoc grandson of the foregoing d. d 1909 inventor of the rotary and multi multicolor color presses Southey d. d 1843 poet laureate of England whose works fill more than volumes Lee d. d d 1870 com- com chief mander-in-chief of the Confederate army Stevenson d. d 1894 author of Treasure Island etc Ingersoll d d. d 1899 orator and agnostic Koch Cd d. d 1910 German bacteriologist who discovered the tuberculosis bacillus bacillus ba ba- cillus Peary Cd d. d 1920 discoverer of at the North Pole LaFollette d. d 1925 governor of Wisconsin and presidential candidate Hilliard d. d 1927 actor and playwright |