# Robert Torrens

> Robert Torrens was a Royal Marines officer, political economist, part-owner of the influential Globe newspaper, and a prolific writer. He also chaired the board of the London-based South Australian Colonisation Commission created by the South Australia Act 1834 to oversee the new colony of South Australia, before the colony went bankrupt and he was sacked in 1841. He was chiefly known for championing the cause for emigration to the new colony, and his name lives on in Adelaide's main river, the Torrens, the suburb of Torrensville and a few other places.

*Anglo-Irish Royal Marine, economist, and chair of South Australian Colonisation Commission (1780-1864)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1780
- **Died:** 1864-05-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.6 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 13.8 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
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