Robert Land

Robert Land (1887–1942) was an Austrian-Czech film director.

Selected filmography

Bibliography

External links

Robert Land (1739–1818)

Robert Land (1739–1818) is credited as one of the first four British settlers of what is now known as the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Early life

Born in Tiverton, Devonshire, England, Robert Land came to America in his youth, settling near Calkins Creek at what is now Milansville, in the Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania. In 1757, he married Phoebe Scott and started a family.

Work during American Revolutionary War

Robert established himself as a settler and a farmer, and by the time of the American Revolution (1776), he was also a Justice of the Peace. Remaining loyal to the British Crown, he carried on may espionage missions for the British during the American Revolution. He was eventually captured by the Americans and convicted as a traitor. Upon release, he was chased by a gang of vigilantes and shot at. Wounded and taken for dead, he managed to escape.

Settlement of Hamilton, Ontario

Returning to his home, he found it had been razed by the American patriots and he believed his wife and children to be dead. He made his way to Niagara and was later granted 312 acres, which now forms part of the City of Hamilton, Ontario. Unknown to Robert Land, his wife Phoebe, along with many of her children, escaped the raze of their family home and were able to seek the protection of the British Army. They were evacuated through New York by ship to the British Colony of New Brunswick, where they remained for seven years. Having heard a rumour that there was a man by the name of Land living at the head of Lake Ontario, Phoebe made her way by water and by foot, and was eventually reunited with her husband Robert, nine years after their separation.