His uncle, George Lauder, whom he referred to as " Dod ", introduced him to the writings of Robert Burns and historical Scottish heroes such as Robert the Bruce, William Wallace, and Rob Roy.

Robert Roy MacGregor was born at the head of nearby Loch Katrine, and his well known cattle stealing exploits took him all around the area surrounding Aberfoyle.

The concept of cruising for pleasure was popularized in the nineteenth century, by several widely read authors and books: John MacGregor, 1866, A Thousand Miles in a Rob Roy Canoe ; Robert Louis Stevenson, 1877, An Inland Voyage ; and Nathaniel H. Bishop, 1879, Four Months in a Sneakbox.

Famous authors of the city include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Muriel Spark, author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, James Hogg, author of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus series of crime thrillers, J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, who began her first book in an Edinburgh coffee shop, Adam Smith, economist, born in Kirkcaldy, and author of The Wealth of Nations, Sir Walter Scott, the author of famous titles such as Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and Heart of Midlothian, Robert Louis Stevenson, creator of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting.

Backus ' historic FORTRAN team consisted of programmers Richard Goldberg, Sheldon F. Best, Harlan Herrick, Peter Sheridan, Roy Nutt, Robert Nelson, Irving Ziller, Lois Haibt, and David Sayre.

" Gardnerian " was originally a pejorative term coined by Gardner's initiate and contemporary Roy Bowers ( also known as Robert Cochrane ), a British cunning man.

* Blount, Roy, Jr. Robert E. Lee Penguin Putnam, 2003.

In a note, Kirby states, " A very abbreviated list of twentieth-century writers on the NT who do not believe that the empty tomb is historically reliable: Marcus Borg, Günther Bornkamm, Gerald Boldock Bostock, Rudolf Bultmann, Peter Carnley, John Dominic Crossan, Stevan Davies, Maurice Goguel, Michael Goulder, Hans Grass, Charles Guignebert, Uta Ranke-Heinemann, Randel Helms, Herman Hendrikx, Roy Hoover, Helmut Koester, Hans Küng, Alfred Loisy, Burton L. Mack, Willi Marxsen, Gerd Lüdemann, Norman Perrin, Robert M. Price, Marianne Sawicki, John Shelby Spong, Howard M. Teeple, and John T.

The drink was named in honor of the premiere of Rob Roy, an operetta by composer Reginald De Koven and lyricist Harry B. Smith loosely based upon Scottish folk hero Robert Roy MacGregor.

* A colloquial name for Scottish hero Robert Roy MacGregor, who has been described as the Scottish Robin Hood

* Rob Roy ( film ), a 1995 movie about Robert Roy MacGregor, starring Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange

* Rob Roy ( novel ), an 1817 novel by Walter Scott featuring Robert Roy MacGregor

* Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue, a 1953 Disney movie about Robert Roy MacGregor

Locksley McDuck joined renegade Robert Roy MacGregor sometime after 1707.

It was written by Roy Williamson of the folk group The Corries, and presented in 1967, and refers to the victory of the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce, over England's Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.

* September 23 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid directed by George Roy Hill and starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford opens to limited release in the U. S.

* Robert Moller Gilbreth ( July 4, 1920 – July 24, 2007 ) ( age 87 ); married Barbara Filer ; two children ( Ann Gilbreth Wilson, Roy D. Gilbreth )

He teamed with fellow actor Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( 1969 ) and The Sting ( 1973 ).

* Robert Winston appeared as a fertility specialist consulted by Hayley and Roy Tucker in January and February 2007.

Introduced as a minor character in a non-fantasy historical story by Robert E. Howard, " The Shadow of the Vulture ", Red Sonya of Rogatino would later inspire a fantasy heroine named Red Sonja, who first appeared in the comic book series Conan the Barbarian written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith.

The other men include hotheaded, inexperienced Chico ( Horst Buchholz ); Chris's friend Harry Luck ( Brad Dexter ) who believes Chris is seeking treasure ; the drifter Vin ( Steve McQueen ), who has gone broke after a round of gambling ; Bernardo O ' Reilly ( Charles Bronson ), a gunfighter of Irish-Mexican heritage ; cowpuncher Britt ( James Coburn ); and an on-the-run gunman Lee ( Robert Vaughn ), who is in the midst of a crisis of confidence.

Horwitz, Robert Britt.

Musical and personal conflicts began to emerge in the ways that the individual members handled their new-found success ; Phantom married actress Britt Ekland, while Setzer made guest appearances with stars like Bob Dylan and Stevie Nicks and became the concert guitarist for Robert Plant's Honeydrippers side project.

* Asteroid Scare Prompts NASA to Formalize Response by Robert Roy Britt

* Strange New Worlds Could Make Miniature Solar Systems Robert Roy Britt ( SPACE. com ) 5 June 2006 11: 35 am ET

Marsden chose to issue a press release, which Robert Roy Britt called a false alarm.

* Why Planets will never be defined: Robert Roy Britt on the outcome of the IAU's decision

Robert was wed to actress Britt Helfer in 1986.

The Commission consisted of a number of notable persons including Professor Joseph Rotblat, recipient of the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize ; Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France ; Robert McNamara, former United States Secretary of Defense and President of the World Bank Group ; General George Butler, former Commander of the United States Strategic Air Command ; Doctor Maj Britt Theorin, then President of the International Peace Bureau ; Field Marshal Michael Carver, former Chief of the General Staff and Defence Staff ; Professor Robert O ' Neill, Chichele Professor of the History of War at Oxford University and former director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies ; and Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer and environmentalist.

Silent Night, Deadly Night is a 1984 horror film produced by Ira R Barmak, directed by Charles E. Sellier, Jr. and starring Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Linnea Quigley, Britt Leach, and Leo Geter.

Robert Britt Burns ( born on June 8, 1959 in Houston, Texas ) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1978 until 1985, pitching for the Chicago White Sox compiling a career mark of 70 wins and 60 losses with a 3. 66 ERA.

Australian-born film star Rod Taylor, Swedish actress Britt Ekland and American television actors Cindy Williams, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Urich, Lou Ferrigno and Genie Francis were in attendance.

Robert Marvin ( tobyMac, Britt Nicole ), the producer of Mat's previous albums and EPs, joined Mat yet again.

* PR Lewis, Disaster on the Dee: Robert Stephenson's Nemesis of 1847, Tempus Publishing ( 2007 ) ISBN 978-0-7524-4266-2

* PR Lewis, Disaster on the Dee: Robert Stephenson's Nemesis of 1847, Tempus Publishing ( 2007 ) ISBN 978-0-7524-4266-2

In July 2009, prior to the publication of his own book, Robert Service had written a review of Partenaude's publication Stalin's Nemesis: The Exile and Murder of Leon Trotsky which he applauded for being " vividly told " but also criticised for neglecting Trotsky's crimes while sharing power in the USSR.

* Lewis, Peter R, ( 2007 ) Disaster on the Dee: Robert Stephenson's Nemesis of 1847, Tempus, which describes many key investigations made by the Inspectorate.

* PR Lewis, Disaster on the Dee: Robert Stephenson's Nemesis of 1847, Tempus Publishing ( 2007 ) ISBN 978-0-7524-4266-2

" New Deal Nemesis: The ' Old Right ' Jeffersonians ", a chapter in: Robert Higgs and Carl P. Close ed., Opposing the Crusader State: Alternatives to Global Interventionism, IPG Independent Institute

Disaster on the Dee: Robert Stephenson's Nemesis of 1847, Tempus.

* Robert Fisk, What Does Democracy Really Mean In The Middle East?

Norman Lear & Robert W. McChesney, “ Does Big Media Need to Get Any Bigger ?” Los Angeles Times, 5 August, p. B17.

Robert Kerman had years of experience working in adult films under the pseudonym Richard Bolla, including the well-known Debbie Does Dallas.

In the Robert A. Heinlein novel To Sail Beyond the Sunset, Dr. Johnson says, " Does your common man understand chivalry?

Gaps between features are filled with theatrically released movie trailers and classic short subjects ( from series such as The Passing Parade, Crime Does Not Pay, Pete Smith Specialties, Robert Benchley, etc.

* Does Age Quash Our Spirit of Adventure ?, a segment on NPR's All Things Considered on an aging study done by middle-age neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky

Musicals include Jason Robert Brown ’ s The Last Five Years for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination, and the title role in Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical.

* Robert Frank, Thomas Gilovich & Dennis Regan: Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?