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ROBERT ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, born in Rattray, Perthshire, in 1873, was a graduate in arts and in science of the University of Edinburgh. Going to the University of St. Andrews in 1889, he was appointed lecturer in botany in 1891, his status being raised to that of reader in 1915. In 1929 a chair of botany was instituted and Prof. Robertson became its first occupant. He retired in September 1934, and died on January 15 last.
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Prof. R. A. Robertson. Nature 135, 364 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135364b0
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