Robert Kerr Hannay

Robert Kerr Hannay FRSE (31 December 1867, Glasgow – 19 March 1940, Edinburgh) was a Scottish historian. He served as Historiographer Royal of Scotland and Chair of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh.

He collected and calendared the letters of both James 1V and James V, and wrote The Early History of the Scottish Signet. He is the grandfather of writer Alastair Hannay.

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Robert Kerr

Robert Kerr may refer to:

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Robert Kerr (musician)

Robert Kerr is an American musician and composer. Kerr has written a symphony called Legendary Florida that was inspired by paintings of Florida history. He has also written a symphony known as The American Journey and served as the director of a string quartet.

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Robert Kerr (architect)

Robert Kerr (Aberdeen 17 January 1823 – 21 October 1904) was a British architect, architectural writer and co-founder of the Architectural Association.

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Kerr was born in Aberdeen, where he trained as an architect. In 1844, he moved to London and in 1845 spent a year in New York, from where he returned to London with a rebellious spirit.

Together with the only 18 year old Charles Gray, in 1847 Kerr was a founder of the Architectural Association (AA), becoming its first President, 1847-48. The aim of the AA was to offer an alternative for the education of architects through a systematic course of training provided by the students themselves, rather than having to settle with the existing highly unreliable custom where young men were articled to established architects.

Kerr had been elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1857, where he served as an examiner and as a council member. Between 1860–1902, Kerr was District Surveyor for the parish of St James's, Westminster, and 1861–90 Professor of the Arts of Construction at King's College London.