Sir John Robison KH

Royal Guelphic Order

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 FRSE FRSSA (11 June 1778, Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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 - 1843) was a Scottish inventor and writer on scientific subjects. He was the son of Professor John Robison

John Robison (physicist)

John Robison FRSE was a Scottish physicist and mathematician. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Edinburgh....

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Robison was educated at the Royal High School

Royal High School (Edinburgh)

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 and the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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He entered the service of Nizam of Hyderabad as contractor for the establishment and maintenance of military service. He left India a wealthy man, in 1815.

He was one of the founders of Scottish Society of Arts (1821), its secretary (1822-4), and its president (1841-2).

He received the Guelphic Order in 1837 from William IV.