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John Robison

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Scottish physicist and mathematician (1739-1805)

AcademicsLived 1739 to 1805 · aged 65
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John Robison FRSE was a Scottish physicist and mathematician. He was a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.

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First Page of John Robison's Proofs of a Conspiracy Against all the Religions and Governments of Europe (1798)First Page of John Robison's Proofs of a Conspiracy Against all the Religions and Governments of Europe (1798)

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Academics born in the 1730s 6

Morten Thrane Brünnich50.7Caspar Friedrich Wolff50.1August Ludwig von Schlözer51.3Johann Beckmann49.2Ahmed al-Tijani51.6Pak Chiwŏn48.2

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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1739 to 1805 · aged 65
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21 languages

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