Chambers, Robert

Education

LL.D. 16.1.1863.

Birth/childhood

Born 10.7.1802 son of James Chambers, cotton manufacturer, Peebles and Jean Gibson.

Career

Began as a bookseller in Edinburgh. Publisher and author. F.R.S.E. 1840. Wrote many works. His ‘Vestiges of the natural history of Creation’ (1844), written at Abbey Park, St Andrews created a great effect - published anonymously.

Death

Died 17.3.1871 at St Andrews.

Sources

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