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William Robertson

1721 - 1793

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William Robertson was a Scotland Presbyterian minister and historian. He was one of the original members of the Select Society, which included Hume, Smith, Ferguson, Monboddo, and Kames, among others. He wrote a History of Scotland (1759), a History of Charles V (1762), and a History of America (1777).