Robert Alexander Schumann
(1810 - 56), German composer and music critic. He wrote piano, vocal, choral and orchestral works. These include "The Piano Quintet in E flat" and "The Piano Quartet".Robert Andrews Millikan
(1868 - 1953), American physicist. in 1923 he was awarded the Nobel prize for physics for his determination of the charge on the electron.Robert Bakewell
(1725 - 95), a pioneer of modern agriculture.Robert Burns
(1759 - 96), Scottish poet. He wrote many poems and songs. Some of his most famous are:- the poems, 'To a Mouse' and 'Tam o'Shanter' and the songs, 'Auld Lang Syne', and 'Comin' Thro' the Rye'.Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
(1850 - 94), Scottish novelist, poet and essayist. He wrote "Treasure Island", "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" and "Kidnapped".Robert Peel
[Sir], (1788 - 1850), British statesman. While he was Home Secretary he founded the Metropolitan police. He was prime minister from 1834 to 1835, and 1841 to 1846.Robert Sanderson Mulliken
(1896-1986), American chemist and physicist. For his work on molecular structure and on chemical bonding he was awarded the 1986 Nobel prize for chemistry.Robert Southey
(1774 - 1843), English poet. He wrote the children's classic, "The Story of the Three Bears". Also, he wrote the poems "Thalaba the Destroyer", "Madoc" and "Roderick the Last of the Goths". In 1813 he was made poet laureate.Robert Traill Spence Lowell
(1917 - 77), American poet. He wrote "Lord Weary's Castle", "Life Studies" and "For the Union Dead".