Edith Anne Robertson
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1883
Edith Anne Robertson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edith Anne Stewart 1883 Glasgow |
| Died | 1973 (aged 89–90) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Known for | Collected ballads and poems in the Scots tongue |
Edith Anne Robertson (10 Jan 1883 – 31 Jan 1973)[1] was a Scottish poet who wrote in both the English and Scots tongues.
Edith Anne Stewart was born in Glasgow, to Jane Louisa Faulds and Robert Stewart, a civil engineer.[1] She attended the Glasgow High School for Girls.[1] Her family lived in Germany and in Surrey, England, during her childhood.
In 1919 she married the Rev. Professor James Alexander Robertson of Aberdeen, also the child of a Free Church Minister. They moved to Aberdeen, where James obtained a position as Professor of New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the United Free Church College in Aberdeen. He wrote a number of well-received works on the New Testament, and was said to have been an effective preacher.
In 1938 James was appointed Professor of Biblical Criticism at the University of Aberdeen. He remained there until he was forced to retire in 1945 due to poor health.
James Alexander Robertson died in 1955. Edith lived on for almost twenty years.[2]
