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Robert I of Scotland & Isabel of Mar
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Robert I of Scotland & Isabel of Mar

A mid-16th century CE manuscript illustration showing Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (r. 1306-1329 CE) and his first wife Isabel of Mar (d. c. 1296 CE). (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh)
The Court of Robert Guiscard
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The Court of Robert Guiscard

The brother of the King of Babylonia introduces Constantine the African to the court of Robert Guiscard.
Odo of West Francia
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Odo of West Francia

Odo of West Francia (also known as Eudes, l. c. 856-898 CE, r. 888-898 CE) was Count of Paris and hero of the Viking Siege of Paris 885-886 CE who was shortly afterwards elected King of West Francia. He was the son of Robert The Strong (c.830-866...
Robert Greene's The Honorable History of Friar Bacon and Friar Bongay
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Robert Greene's The Honorable History of Friar Bacon and Friar Bongay

Title pages of two editions of The Honorable Historie of Frier Bacon and Frier Bongay by Robert Greene (c. 1558-1592), reproduced in The Plays & Poems of Robert Greene, 1905.
Robert Clive & The East India Company Rule in India, c. 1765
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Robert Clive & The East India Company Rule in India, c. 1765

A map illustrating the transformation of the East India Company from a hopeful merchant venture in 1600 with isolated trade outposts governed by isolated and mostly independent town councils into a major ruler of large territories in India...
Robert of Normandy at the Siege of Antioch
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Robert of Normandy at the Siege of Antioch

A 19th century CE painting by Jean-Joseph Dassy of Robert of Normandy at the Siege of Antioch, 1097-8 CE during the First Crusade (1095-1102 CE).
Robert Clive & Shah Alam
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Robert Clive & Shah Alam

An 1818 painting by Benjamin West showing Robert Clive (1725-1774), Governor General of Bengal and representative of the East India Company, meeting the Mughal emperor Shah Alam in 1765 to gain tax collecting rights. (British Library, London...
Robert Hooke Microscope
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Robert Hooke Microscope

A microscope of the type invented by the English scientist Robert Hooke (1635-1703). Made between 1671 and 1700. The device on the left, designed by Hooke, is a scotoscope which helped better illuminate the specimen under view in the microscope...
Portrait of Robert Hooke
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Portrait of Robert Hooke

A posthumous portrait of the celebrated scientist Robert Hooke (1635-1703), a key figure in the Scientific Revolution. Painted by Rita Greer in 2009. (Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University)
Robert Clive & Mir Jafar at Plassey
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Robert Clive & Mir Jafar at Plassey

A c. 1760 painting showing Robert Clive (1725-1774) and Mir Jafar, future nawab of Bengal, after the battle of Plassey, 23 June, 1757. (National Portrait Gallery, London)
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