Armstrong, Robert [Archibald] ♂

Education

Student United College 1804-1805 Jun. Lat.; Jun. Gk.; 1805-1806 Sen. Lat.; Sen. Gk.; Jun. Math. 1806-1807 Sen. Gk.; Sen. Lat.; Ethics; Sen. Math. 1807-1808 Sen. Lat.; Sen. Gk.; Physics (Ternar)

Foundation bursar, 1804.

LL.D. 10.5.1826.

Birth/childhood

Baptised 16.2.1788 eldest son of Robert Armstrong, schoolmaster, Kenmore and Mary McKerchar. [Teacher]

Career

Also at Edinburgh University 1808-1813.

Kept various schools in London. Established South Lambeth Grammar School in 1830 and retired from its headmastership in 1852. [Teacher]

Publications. Gaelic lexicographer - compiled first Gaelic dictionary.

[Identical to Robert Armstrong, United College 1804-1805]

Death

Died 25.5.1867.

Sources

• UYUC400:6.11.1804
• DNB
• F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921)