* 1913 – Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright ( d. 1995 )

Famous people who have studied the Alexander Technique include writers Aldous Huxley, Robertson Davies and Roald Dahl, playwright George Bernard Shaw, actors Judy Dench, Hilary Swank, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Jeremy Irons, John Cleese, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, Jamie Lee Curtis, Paul Newman, Mary Steenburgen, Robin Williams and Patti Lupone, musicians Paul McCartney, Madonna, Yehudi Menuhin and Sting, and Nobel Prize winner for medicine and physiology Nikolaas Tinbergen.

However, this practice did cause some controversy: Numerous politicians, journalists, and authors, such as Robertson Davies, decried the change at the time, and some continue to maintain that it was illegitimate and an unnecessary break with tradition.

* 1995 – Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist ( b. 1913 )

Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, Barbara Gowdy, Timothy Findley and Margaret Atwood have all produced works that are notable exemplars of this form.

" — Robertson Davies

* In his book World of Wonders writer Robertson Davies has narrator Magnus Eisengrim refer to Spengler's conception that the Middle Ages had a Magian World View, the view that the world was filled with wonders.

Most trilogies are works of fiction involving the same characters or setting, such as The Deptford Trilogy of novels by Robertson Davies or The Godfather films of Francis Ford Coppola, " " The Shiva Trilogy " by Amish Tripathi.

** Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist ( d. 1995 )

* The Cornish Trilogy, three related novels by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies

Arguably, the best-known living Canadian writer internationally ( especially since the deaths of Robertson Davies and Mordecai Richler ) is Margaret Atwood, a prolific novelist, poet, and literary critic.

* Robertson Davies: The Rebel Angels

Writers who are or have been residents of Kingston include Steven Heighton, Bronwen Wallace, Helen Humphreys, Michael Ondaatje, Joanne Page, Diane Schoemperlen, Eric Folsom, Michael Crummey, Melanie Dugan, Mark Sinnett, Mary Alice Downie, Robertson Davies, Douglas Fetherling, Wayne Grady, Merilyn Simonds, Ellen Stafford, Alec Ross, Jamie Swift, Carolyn Smart, Sarah Tsiang, Joanne Stanbridge, Laurie Lewis, and Alexander Scala.

According to Robertson Davies in his book The Manticore, the Canadian arms had toned down the genital aspects of the lion and the unicorn, who in previous times had been represented with what Davies called " saucy pizzles.

* The Fugger family is referenced frequently in Robertson Davies ' What's Bred in the Bone ( the second volume in " The Cornish Trilogy ").

* Robertson Davies joins the Old Vic repertory company.

* Robertson Davies becomes editor of the Peterborough Examiner.

* Robertson Davies – Leaven of Malice

* Robertson Davies – World of Wonders

* Robertson Davies – The Manticore

* Robertson Davies – Fifth Business

* Lorne Pierce Medal: Robertson Davies

The Deptford Trilogy is a novel trilogy by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies.

Category: Novels by Robertson Davies

The attribution is held to be anachronistic however by J J O ' Connor and E F Robertson who name Theon of Alexandria as a more likely author.

* 1973 – Graham Robertson, American director and author

** Graham Robertson, American filmmaker and author

Robertson made American national news in October 2003 for interviews with author Joel Mowbray about his book " Dangerous Diplomacy ", a book critical of the United States Department of State.

He was assisted by Geoffrey Robertson, later to become a prominent barrister, author, and occasional broadcaster.

* Frank C. Robertson, author best known for his over 150 western novels.

Among them are Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, Focus on the Family's James Dobson, the 700 Club's Pat Robertson, Prison Fellowship's Charles Colson, columnist Cal Thomas, preacher and author Tim LaHaye, former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, and Liberty University and Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell.

* Henry Reed, Inc. (, paperback reissue ISBN 0-14-034144-7 ), Keith Robertson, author

* Henry Reed's Journey (, paperback reissue ISBN 0-14-034145-5 ), Keith Robertson, author

* Henry Reed's Babysitting Service (, paperback reissue ISBN 0-14-034146-3 ), Keith Robertson, author

* Henry Reed's Big Show (, paperback reissue ISBN 0-440-43570-6 ), Keith Robertson, author

* Agony aunt and author Denise Robertson lived in the town for many years

Geoffrey Robertson QC, a noted human rights author and barrister called the arrest “ an affront to democracy ” and called on the Speaker of the House to resign if it should prove that he had authorised the police search of Green's office.

The founding Master of Massey College ( 1963 – 1981 ) was the celebrated Canadian journalist and author Robertson Davies.

* Nan C. Robertson ( 1926 – 2009 ), Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, author and teacher

The series starred Nancy Robertson ( Millie Upton ) as a children's author who begins seeing a life coach to deal with her anger management issues.

* James Logie Robertson ( 1846 – 1922 ), a literary scholar, editor and author, who also used the pen name Hugh Haliburton

* Robertson Davies, Canadian author

Geoffrey Robertson QC is a leading international human rights lawyer, academic, author and broadcaster whose books include The Justice Game ( 1998 ) and Crimes Against Humanity ( 1999 ).

Morgan Andrew Robertson ( September 30, 1861 – March 24, 1915 ) was a well-known American author of short stories and novels, and the self-claimed inventor of the periscope.

Robertson was the author of Primordial / Three Laws and the Golden Rule, a novella about shipwrecked children growing up together and falling in love on a desert island.

* James I. Robertson, Jr., noted author and scholar on the American Civil War and a professor at Virginia Tech.

In 1782 Orme published ‘ Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire, of the Morattoes, and of the English Concerns in Indostan from the year 1659 .’ This was reprinted in 1805 ( London ), with a memoir of the author, giving some extracts from his correspondence with William Robertson the historian, and others ( cf.