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Archibald Robertson (29 June 1853 – 29 January 1931) was the seventh Principal of King's College London who later served as Bishop of Exeter.
He was born in Sywell, the eldest son of George Samuel Robertson (1825-1874) and his wife, Helen née Kerr, and grandson of Archibald Robertson (physician), of Northampton. He was educated at Bradfield College and Trinity College, Oxford where he graduated with a first class degree in Classics. From 1883 to 1897 he was Master of Hatfield Hall in Durham. He went on to serve as Principal of King's College London from 1897 to 1903, during which he was elected to serve as Vice-Chancellor of the University of London for the year 1902-03. He received an honorary doctorate (LL.D) from the University of Glasgow in June 1901.
He was elected Bishop of Exeter in 1903, serving until 1916.
Robertson married in 1885, shortly after his arrival in Durham. His wife was Julia Mann. They had three sons. The eldest of these, of the same name, was the communist and atheist Archibald Robertson (atheist) (1886-1961).
Works
- Robertson, Archibald (editor) (1882). St Athanasius On The Incarnation: Edited For The Use Of Students With A Brief Introduction And Notes (first ed.). London: David Nutt.
- Robertson, Archibald (editor) (1891). St Athanasius On The Incarnation (second ed.). London: David Nutt.
- Robertson, Archibald (editor) (1892). A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Volume IV: St. Athanasius Select Work and Letters.
- Robertson, Archibald (1896). Roman Claims to Supremacy. London: S.P.C.K.
- Robertson, Archibald (1901). Regnum Dei: Eight Lectures on the Kingdom of God in the History of Christian Thought. Bampton Lectures. London: Methuen.
- Robertson, Archibald; Plummer, Alfred (1911). A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (first ed.). Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark\.
- Robertson, Archibald; Plummer, Alfred (1914). A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (second ed.). Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark\.