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newal of his health in one of the valleys of Switzerland, whose sanitary climate he had before enjoyed. He was returning much improved, but only lived to reach Paris, where he died Oct. 27 of the same year. The will of Mr. Kobert provides that at the death of his wife a large part of his property shall inure to the benefit of the college at Constantinople. (W. P. S.)
Robert, Claude, a French ecclesiastical writer, was burn at Chesley in 150-1 or 1505. He studied at the College of Paris, and became preceptor of the son of Benigne Fremj'ot. After the education of his pupil was completed and he was made bishop of Bourges, Robert continued .to aid him in the administration of his dio- cese. He filled the same ofHce under the bishop of Chalons-sur-Saone. This prelate rewarded his precep- tor by making him archdeacon and his grand vicar. He died at Chalons-sur-Saone, May 10, 1037. He left, besides three Latin treatises, the Gallia Christiunu (Paris, 1020), with a geographical chart. This work, the result of thirty years' labor, is an ecclesiastical history of all the xlioceses of France from their origin to the 17th century. The documents which he had collected for a second edition were given into the hands of Scevole and Louis de Sainte-Marthe, and the book was published with many additions in 1050. A third edition was undertaken by the Benedictines of Saint- Maur in 1715, and remained unfinished at the thirteenth volume. It was contiinied in 1850 by M. B. Haureau. See Gallia Christiana; Perry, Hist, de Chalons -sur- Savne ; Socard, Notice Hist, stir Claude Robert ; Fouque, Du Gallia Christiana et de ses A uteurs. — Hoefer, Nouc. Biog. Generale, s. v.
Roberti, John, a learned and laborious Jesuit, was born at Hubert, in the Ardennes,. in 1509. He studied at Liege and Cologne, and became professor of theology at Douay and other colleges, gaining a great reputation. He died at Namur in 1051. His published work is en- titled MysticBB Ezechielis Quadriyce, id est, IV Evangelia Historiarum et Temporum serie Vinculaia (Greek and Latin, INIogunt. 1015).
Robertines, an English order of eremites, founded by Robert of Knaresborough about 1109. — Walcott, iSc/c. Archceol. a. v.
Roberts, Charles Dillard, a Presbyterian min- ister, was born at Danville, Ya., Feb. 15, 1838. He pur- sued his studies at Louisburg, Ya., and subsequently, under the Rev. 'James H. Leps, at Parkcrsburg, Ya., where, at the age of eighteen, he united with the Church. Soon thereafter he entered Princeton College, and, after graduation, entered the Theological Seminary in 1802, whence he graduated after a three years' course. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Elizabethtown, N. J., Jan. 10, 1805, and in April following was ordained at Rahway by the same presliytery as an evangelist for Western Virginia. He labored about a year and a half at Grafton, in that state, in connection with the Board of Domestic Missions. After serving a Church at Rid- ley, near Philadelphia, Mr. Roberts went to Plattsmouth, Neb., where he joined the Presbytery of Missouri, and labored as a stated supply until 1809. Thence he went to Smartvillc, Yuba Co., Cal., and became a member of the Presbyter}' of Stockton, which, after the reunion, was merged in that of Sacramento. After preaching a year or two at Smartville, he became a stated supply at Elko, Nev., where he remained until his death, which occurred at the former place Oct. 12, 1875. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him as an earnest, la- borious, self-denving missionarv in the frontier fields of the Church. (W. V. S.)
Roberts, David, a British artist, was born at Stockbridge, near Edinburgh, Oct, 24, 1790. He was apprenticed as a house-painter in his native place, but, going to London in 1822, he found employment as a scene-painter for Drury Lane Theatre. In 1832-33 he went to Spain, and in 1838-9 made a tour through
Syria, Egypt, and other Eastern countries. In 1811 he was elected a member of the Roj'al Academy. ]\Ir. Rob- erts died in London, Nov. 25, 1804. Among his paint- ings are. Ruins of the Great Temple of Karnak: — Jeru- salem from the Mount of Olives: — Interior of the Catke- dnd at Burgos: — Chancel of the Collegiate Church of St. Paid, Antwerp. Among his books, the following are the principal : Picturesque Vievs in Spain and Morocco ( Loud. 1835-38 ) : — The Hidi/ Land, Kgtjpt, Nubia, A rabia, etc. ( 1842-48, 4 vols. foL). See Alli- bone. Diet, of Brit, and Amer. Authors, s. v.; A])ple- tons' Cyclop, s. v.
Roberts, Francis, a Puritan divine, the son of Henry Roberts, of Aslake, Yorkshire, was born in that county in 1009. He entered a student of Trinity Col- lege, Oxford, in 1025, completing his studies and being ordained in 1032. On the breaking-out of the Rebellion he went to London, took the covenant, and was ap- pointed minister of St. Augustine's, Watling Street, in room of Ephraim Udal, ejected for his loyalty. In 1049 he was presented to the rectory of Wriiigton, Somerset- shire, by lord Capel. At the Restoration he conformed, and in 1072 went to Ireland as chaplain to lord Cajiel, and w hile there received the degree of D.D. He died at Wrington in 1075. His principal work is Claris Bibliorum (Lond. and Edinb. 1049, 2 vols. 8vo; 4th ed. 1075, fol.) : — also, Synopsis of Theology (1044, fol.) : — Believer's Evidence for Eternal Life (1049, 1055, 8vo) : — Commimicant Instructed (1051, 8vo). ■ See Chalmers, Biog. Diet. ; Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A u- thors, s. V.