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| 1. | Henry Mar⋅tyn [mahr-tn] , 1837–1923, U.S. engineer and authority on parliamentary procedure: author of Robert's Rules of Order (1876, revised 1915). |
| 2. | a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “bright.” |
| 1. | (“Robert the Devil” ) died 1035, duke of Normandy 1028–35 (father of William I of England). |
| 2. | Also called Robert the Bruce, Robert Bruce. 1274–1329, king of Scotland 1306–29. |
[ash] | Arthur (Robert, Jr.), 1943–93, U.S. tennis player. |
| Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923. American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876). |
Robert
British Liberal Party politician whose effective opposition to the Liberals' electoral Reform Bill of 1866 made it possible for the Conservatives to sponsor and take credit for the Reform Act of 1867. Despite his leadership of the renegade Liberals known as the Adullamites, he served as chancellor of the Exchequer (1868-73) and home secretary (1873-74) in the first ministry of the Liberal prime minister William Ewart Gladstone.
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