Archibald Robertson (bishop)
Archibald Robertson
The Right Reverend Archibald Robertson (29 June 1853 – 29 January 1931) was the seventh Principal of King's College London who later served as Bishop of Exeter.
He was born in Sywell, and educated at Bradfield College and Trinity College, Oxford where he graduated with a first class degree in Classics. He went on to serve as Principal of King's College London from 1897 to 1903, and received an honorary doctorate (LL.D) from the University of Glasgow in June 1901.[1]
He was elected Bishop of Exeter in 1903, serving until 1916.
His son, of the same name, was the communist and atheist Archibald Robertson (atheist) (1886-1961).[2]
References
- ↑ "Glasgow University jubilee" The Times (London). Friday, 14 June 1901. (36481), p. 10.
- ↑ I. D. MacKillop The British Ethical Societies 2011- Page 70 "Archibald Robertson (1886-1961) had joined the Communist Party in 1937, having published as 'Robert Arch' for some years, first to escape the attention of his father (Bishop of Exeter, died in 1930), and then that of the Admiralty in .."
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| Preceded by Henry Wace |
Principal of King's College London 1897–1903 |
Succeeded by Arthur Headlam |
| Preceded by Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe |
Vice-Chancellor of University of London 1902 - 1903 |
Succeeded by Dr Philip Henry Pye-Smith |
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| Preceded by Herbert Edward Ryle |
Bishop of Exeter 1903–1916 |
Succeeded by Lord William Cecil |
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