biography
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Robert, Henry Martyn
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| male
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| lived:
| (1837–1923)
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| biography:
| Military engineer, born in Robertville, South Carolina, USA. He trained at West Point (1857), and in 1858 participated in operations against Indians in the Northwest. During the Civil War he served with the Union army and constructed defences for Washington, DC. During the next 36 years he served with the Corps of Engineers, constructing many river and harbour improvements as well as fortifications. After the 1900 tidal wave in Galveston, TX, he helped build its sea wall. His name remains in current usage, however, for other than his engineering feats. Asked to preside at a meeting (c.1862), he could not find a guide to the proper procedures, so he drew up his own, and after several editions and revisions, it was published as Robert's Rules of Order (1915), and remains the standard authority for virtually all official meetings in the USA. |
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