biography
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Robertson, John MacKinnon
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| lived:
| (1856–1933)
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| biography:
| British writer and politician. He served as Liberal MP for Tyneside (1906–18) and became parliamentary secretary to the Board of Trade (1911–15) and a member of the Privy Council (1915). A polymath, he was a Shakespearian scholar, literary critic, and social scientist, and wrote numerous books on a variety of subjects. He also worked with Charles Bradlaugh on National Reformer (from 1884), becoming editor (1891–3). |
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