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James Despencer-Robertson OBE (1886–1942) a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom


1962–63 NBA season

A balanced starting five and some key reserves supported Robertson, as coach Charlie Wolf's team won over half their games for the second straight year.

1999 NATO bombing of Novi Sad

A press release one year on from the bombing by then NATO Secretary General Robertson, claims that NATO encountered complications from Yugoslav military use of civilian buildings and human shields.

2008 Houston Cougars football team

The game was originally scheduled to be played at Robertson Stadium in Houston, but due to Hurricane Ike, the game was played at SMU's Ford Stadium.

2012–13 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team

The Bulldogs also lost three players to transfer, DeVontae Wright (South Carolina–Aiken), Jordan Robertson (Davidson County Community College), and Bo Holston (Anderson University).

99 MP Party

Local businessman Jack Yan proposed that Robertson's campaign be turned into a political party in 2001, a decision that she agreed to the following year after finding that most parties in Parliament generally did not support a reduction.

Abram Robertson Byram

Abram Robertson Bryam married Elizabeth Freeman Elliot in Tynemouth, England in 1848.

Barbara Robertson

Additionally, Robertson has performed in many film and TV productions, including The Company, Straight Story, Will of Their Own, Disney's Mother's Courage, Paramount's The Untouchables, and Early Edition.

Bruges Group

The group was set up by Lord Harris of High Cross and an Oxford University student Patrick Robertson following Margaret Thatcher's Eurosceptic speech delivered in Bruges in September 1988.

CHARM Bank

Robertson Stephens was acquired by BankAmerica, the holding company owning Bank of America and its subsidiareis, in 1997.

CTV National News

(Jim Lehrer had presented The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer since its inception in 1975, beating Robertson by almost a year, but he only presented as a sole anchor of the programme from 1995 until 2011.)

Douglas Argyll Robertson

Robertson made several contributions in the field of ophthalmology; in 1863 he researched the effects on the eye made by physostigmine, an extract from the Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum), which is found in tropical Africa.

Edmund Robertson, 1st Baron Lochee

Edmund Robertson, 1st Baron Lochee PC, QC, LLD, DL (28 October 1845 - 13 September 1911), was a Scottish barrister, academic and Liberal politician.

Edward German

German was by then in high demand to write music for plays, and his commissions included Henry Arthur Jones's The Tempter in 1893, Johnston Forbes-Robertson's Romeo and Juliet at the Lyceum in 1895, Herbert Beerbohm Tree's productions of As You Like It (1896) and Much Ado about Nothing (1898), and Anthony Hope's English Nell (later known as Nell Gwynn) in 1900, starring Marie Tempest.

Forbes-Robertson

Eric Forbes-Robertson (1865–1935), British figure and landscape painter

Graham Robertson

Based on the experiences of directing Able Edwards, Robertson went on to write the book, Desktop Cinema: Feature Filmmaking on the Home Computer, a step-by-step account into how one would make their own feature film on Apple's Macintosh computer.

Harold Leighton Weller

Formal Conducting studies and mentors include Orien Dalley, and A. Clyde Roller (Interlochen); Robert Fountain, and David Robertson (Oberlin); Haig Yaghjian (Cincinnati Conservatory) and Richard Lert (1964, 1965, 1967; American Symphony Orchestra League; Conductor Institute).

Highland Museum of Childhood

In June 2010 the museum completed the construction of a new education space called "The Goods Shed", funded by The Heritage Lottery Fund; The Robertson Trust; Highlands & Islands Enterprise; The EU through the Highland Leader Programme; Community Energy Scotland; Museums Galleries Scotland; The Highland Council; several other Trusts and the museum's own resources.

Hollywood Arms

Most of the Chicago cast remained with the play, with Leslie Hendrix replacing Barbara E. Robertson.

Horizon problem

The horizon problem is a problem with the standard cosmological model of the Big Bang which was identified in the late 1960s, primarily by Charles Misner.

James Burton Robertson

In 1855 John Henry Newman nominated Robertson as professor of geography and modern history in the Catholic University of Ireland.

Jennifer Robertson

Robertson has since appeared in other American made-for-television movies including Knights of the South Bronx and Relative Chaos.

Jeremy Oxley

He went on to form the Chinless Elite with Luke Bendt (drums), Mark Fuccilli (saxophone) (Big 5, Allniters), Sean McElvogue (trumpet, saxophone) (Big 5), Marcus Phelan (Allniters, Hoi Polloi), John Schofield (bass)(Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls), Andrew Robertson (drums).

Jeriome Robertson

In the game, the Giants clinched a playoff spot, and Barry Bonds hit a home run off Robertson into McCovey Cove to seal the game for them.

John Glasby

Six James Bond-style spy novels written as "Manning K. Robertson".

KBTX-TV

KBTX serves Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Milam, Montgomery, Robertson, Walker and Washington counties, some of which are also in the Houston market, but receive KBTX.

Ken Kirzinger

He appeared in 1989's Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan as a New York cook who gets in Jason's way while pursuing Rennie Wickham (Jensen Daggett) and Sean Robertson (Scott Reeves).

Kimmy Robertson

Robertson performed a short spoken-word segment on Roger McGuinn's 1990 album Back from Rio.

Lance Robertson

Years later, when Schultz was co-creating the show Yo Gabba Gabba!, Robertson was asked to serve as host.

Lloyd Robertson

Robertson has outlasted Kirck, the late Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Bob Schieffer, Tom Brokaw, and the late Peter Jennings to become the longest-serving network news anchor in television history; he is also one of the longest-serving news anchors on English-language North American television (network or local) along with KTRK-TV (Houston)'s Dave Ward, WNBC (New York)'s Chuck Scarborough and KING-TV (Seattle)'s Jean Enersen.

Malpas, Newport

The roads in Woodlands are named after World War II generals, e.g. Allenbrooke Avenue, Horrocks Close, Montgomery Road, Robertson Way, Wavell Drive, etc.

Melvin Robertson

Robertson began his coaching career as an assistant under Bradley Mills at Odessa High School, before joining Bill Yeoman's staff at the University of Houston as defensive backs coach in 1965.

Montgomery Securities

The merger of BankAmerica Corporation and NationsBank Corporation, prompted NationsBank CEO Hugh McColl to propose to put the together the two investment banks, BancAmerica Robertson Stephens and NationsBanc Montgomery Securities.

Morgan Robertson

Episode 17 (segment "Titan") of the American television show Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction tells the story of Robertson (Harris Fisher) writing Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan/Futility.

Fans of Edgar Rice Burroughs acknowledge Robertson's contribution to the works of Henry De Vere Stacpoole, particularly The Blue Lagoon.

Mundell music

Successive artists at the Famous Bein Inn included Curtis Stigers, Long John Baldry, John Martyn, Gene Parsons, Fairport Convention, John Hammond, Andrew Gold, Tony Joe White, Micky Moody, B A Robertson, Albert Lee, Snowy White and the venue developed a reputation as a "living room feel" where you could be part of an intimate audience (max 60) and rub shoulders with legends from the past.

Oswald Hope Robertson

Robertson was born in Woolwich in south-east London, but at the age of one-and-a-half he emigrated with his parents to California, settling in the San Joaquin Valley.

R. Paul Robertson

Dr. Robertson is currently the President-Elect, Medicine & Science of the Volunteer Board for the American Diabetes Association.

RAF Swanton Morley

The site is now occupied by the British Army, and is now known as Robertson Barracks in honour of Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, the first Field Marshal to rise from the rank of private and who was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1916 to 1918.

Robert Robertson

R. H. Robertson (Robert Henderson Robertson, 1849–1919), American architect

Robert Taber

At the time of his divorce he was appearing in London, where, among other roles, he played Macduff in Macbeth at the Lyceum Theatre in 1898, opposite Johnston Forbes-Robertson and Mrs. Patrick Campbell.

Robertson, New South Wales

The building sold again in 1947 and became, St Anthony's College, a Franciscan friary

Russell Robertson

Robertson also made an appearance in 2008 singing on the Australian television show It Takes Two with partner Kate Ceberano.

SS Ben Robertson

Ben Robertson was constructed at the yards of the Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia, one of 88 Liberty ships the yard built.

Tex Robertson

Robertson founded Camp Longhorn with his wife Pat in 1939 on Inks Lake in Burnet, Texas.

The Robertson Brothers

The Robertson Brothers is an Australian band of brothers who are probably most famous for their song that was the theme song for Home and Away from 2000 to 2006.

Tom Patey

He climbed extensively in Scotland, (making the first winter traverse of the Cuillin ridge with Hamish MacInnes, David Crabbe and Brian Robertson in 1965), as well as achieving notable ascents in the Alps and the Karakoram including the first ascent of the Muztagh Tower (7273m) with John Hartog, Joe Brown and Ian McNaught-Davis in 1956 and Rakaposhi (7788m) in 1958 with Mike Banks.

Tom Robertson

Tommy received 1 international cap for Scotland playing against Northern Ireland in a British Championship match on the 26 March 1898 at Solitude, Belfast, Robertson also managed to find the net in the 3–0 victory.

William Hann

Robert Logan Jack, Northmost Australia, George Robertson and Co., 1922

Zue Robertson

Zue (C. Alvin) Robertson (March 7, 1891–c. 1943) was an American early jazz trombonist from New Orleans, LA, highly regarded by his contemporaries and credited by music historian Orrin Keepnews as the trombonist who set the standard for all trombonists who followed.


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