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Robert Gordon (philanthropist)
Robert Gordon | |
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| Born | 1668 Aberdeen |
| Died | 1731 (aged 62–63) |
| Alma mater | Marischal College, University of Aberdeen |
Robert Gordon (1668–1731) was a Scottish merchant and philanthropist.[1][2] He is most well known for his founding of a charitable hospital which later evolved into a school and then a university in Aberdeen.[1][3][2]
- ^ a b Bela, Teresa; Calma, Clarinda; Rzegocka, Jolanta (11 July 2016). Publishing Subversive Texts in Elizabethan England and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Leiden ; Boston: BRILL. p. 30. ISBN 978-90-04-32080-2.
- ^ a b Lockhart, Brian R. W. (2007). Robert Gordon's Legacy. Edinburgh: Black & White Publishing. ISBN 1-84502-157-6. OCLC 166315663.
- ^ Bajer, Peter Paul (2 March 2012). Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th to 18th Centuries. Leiden Boston: BRILL. p. 170. ISBN 978-90-04-21247-3.
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