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ton, Lancashire, England.
Roberts,     Charles    George    Douglas
(1860- ), Canadian poet and writer, was
born in Douglas, New Brunswick. Roberts
is one of the leading poets of Canada, and
his work largely interprets characteristic
Canadian scenery and natural history. His
sympathetic interpretation of animal life has
won him the title Toet Laureate of the Ani-
mal World.' He has written in verse: Orion
(1880); In Divers Tones (1887); New Poems
(1919); The Sweet o' the Year (1925). His
prose includes A History of Canada (1897);
A Sister to Evangeline (1898).
Roberts, Elizabeth Madox (1885- )i
Am. novelist, born in Springfield, Ky.; wrote
The Time of Man (1926); My Heart and
My Flesh (1927); He Sent Forth a Raven
(i935).
Roberts, Ellis Henry (1827-1918), Amer-
ican public official, was born in Utica, N. Y.
He was assistant treasurer of the United
States at New York (1889-93), and treasurer
of the United States (1897-1905).
Roberts, Kenneth Lewis (1885- ),
Am. writer, born Kennebunk, Maine; ed.
Cornell. His works include Arundel (1930);
Northwest Passage (1937); Rabble in Arms
(1933); Oliver Wiswell (1940).
Roberts, Morley (1857- ), English
novelist, was born in London. His writings,
many of them drawing upon the incidents
of his adventurous life, include The Western
Avernus (1887); King Billy of Ballarat
(1891); Immortal Youth (1902); Midsum-
mer Madness (1909); Gloomy Fanny
(1913); On the Earthquake Line (1924);
Farewell to Letters (1933).
Roberts, Owen Josephus (1875- ),
American jurist, was born in Germantown,
Pa. In 1924 he was appointed by President
Coolidge to prosecute the Teapot Dome oil
cases, and in 1930 was appointed by Presi-
dent Hoover to the United States Supreme
Court to fill the place of Justice Sanford,
deceased.
Roberts, William Milnor (1810-81),
American civil engineer, was born in Phila-
delphia. He constructed the bridge across
the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, the
first combined railroad and passenger bridge
in the United States.
Roberts of Kandahar, Sir Frederick
Sleigh Roberts, Earl (1832-1914), British
field marshal, was born in Cawnpur, India.
While at Kabul he was informed of the total
defeat of General Burrows at Maiwand by

an Afghan force> which had then laid siege
to Kandahar (July, 1880). Roberts at once
organized a force of some 10,000 men, and
set off for Kandahar on August 9. On the
morning of August 31 he entered that town,
having covered a. distance of 300 m. through
difficult mountainous country; attacked the
Afghans, and completely routed them. In
1885 Roberts was made commander-in-chief
of India, and in 1886 he commanded the
army in Burma. After the defeat of General
Buller at Colenso, on Dec. 15, 1899, in the
Boer War, Lord Roberts was appointed com-
mander-in-chief in South Africa. On his re-
turn to England he was appointed command-
er-in-chief of the British army.
Robertson, Howard Morley (1888- ),
Registered Architect of the State of New
York, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah;
Chairman of Public Relationships Committee
of Building Industries National Council,
^193^2-33- Among his publications are Prin-
ciples of Architectural Composition (1924);
Modern Architectural Design (1932).
Robertson, James (1725-88), British sol-
dier, was born in Fifeshire, Scotland. He
served in the defence of Boston (1775-6),
and commanded a brigade at Long Island. In
1777	he went to England; but returned as
major-general   and  civil governor  of New
York in 1780, where his corrupt and harsh
rule alienated many of the Loyalists.
Robertson, James (1742-1814), Ameri-
can pioneer, was born in Brunswick co., Va.
In 1770 he accompanied Daniel Boone across
the mountains, and in 1771 led a body of
settlers to the Watauga Valley. He defeated
an attack by the Cherokees in 1776; and in
1778	he explored the Cumberland region and
founded a settlement at what is now Nash-
ville, Tenn.
Robertson, Thomas William (1829-71),
English actor and dramatist. His first suc-
cess was made in 1864 with a play founded on
his novel of David Garrick. It was followed
by Society (1865) and Ours (1866). Caste,
Robertson's best work, was produced in
1867, Play in 1868, School in 1869, and M. P.
in 1870.
Robeson, Paul Bustill (1898- ), Ne-
gro bass singer and actor, was born in Prince-
ton, N. J., and educated at Rutgers College
and Columbia U. His first stage appear-
ance was in New York City, 1921. In 1923
he acted the part of Jones in O'Neill's The
Emperor Jones. In 1928 he sang 'Ole Man
River* in the Show Boat. He has played