Armstrong, Robert ♂
Education
LL.D. 8.2.1879.
Birth/childhood
Born 6.6.1821 son of Thomas Armstrong, editor, Edinburgh and Jane Grieve.
Career
Studied Edinburgh University 1836 - 1838.
Head English master, Madras College, St Andrews c.1858 - 1889 ( retired ) [Teacher]
Publications
Introduction to English Etymology (Edinburgh: Sutherland & Knox, 1858)
The Practical English Grammar, with Exercises and Questions (Edinburgh: Chambers, 1868)
English Composition for the Use of Schools (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1872)
Armstrong's English Etymology for Schools (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd)
Armstrong's English Etymology for Junior Classes (Edinburgh: Sutherland & Knox, 1859) etc.
Death
Died at Kilmarnock 11.2.1902 aged 80.
Sources
- St Andrews Citizen 15.2.1902
- Deaths Reg. Kilmarnock 1902/66