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Thorburn Robertson [PRG 136/7/14] • Photograph

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Summary

Thorburn Robertson senior at the London home of his daughter-in-law's aunt, Edith Battock nee Stirling. The photograph of his son, Thorburn Brailsford Robertson, held at PRG 136/7/12 was taken on the same occasion. Handwritten on reverse: 'Thorburn Robertson father of T Brailsford Robertson. Some years after accident but not able to walk and could not remember his past life.'

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 21.2 cm x 16.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1914

Photographer

Robertson, T. Brailsford

Collection

Part of T.B. Robertson Collection

Subject

Robertson, Thorburn, 1851-1932

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Historical information

Thorburn Robertson was born 2 April 1851 at Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, son of Joseph and Helen S. T. Robertson. Thorburn Robertson worked as an accountant in England, Scotland, Anticosti Island, South Australia and Africa. He married Sarah Ann Brailsford in 1882 and their only child Thorburn Brailsford Robertson was born in 1884. In about 1892, after returning from Anticosti Island to Edinburgh with his family, Thorburn senior fell from a bus and hit his head. He recovered and in December 1892 took his family to South Australia. In 1902 Thorburn senior and his wife returned to England, leaving Thorburn junior to study at Adelaide University. In about 1904 Thorburn senior travelled to West Africa to work with a mining company. He contracted a tropical disease and returned to England in 1905 seriously ill; a condition that may have exacerbated his earlier head injury. He recovered to some extent but his health and memory remained delicate; he was cared for by his wife and sisters. He died in Camberwell, London in 1832.

Digitisation information

Date

18/04/2013

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,049 x 5,097 pixels (20.6 MP)

Size

61.94 MB

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