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Kerr, Robert

(1757–1813)

Thomas Seccombe
, revised by Anita McConnell

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/15466

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Kerr, Robert (1757–1813), scientific writer and translator, was born on 20 October 1757 at Drumsheugh, Edinburgh, the son of James Kerr (d. 1768), jeweller and goldsmith and MP for Edinburgh city from 1747 to 1754, and his second wife, Elizabeth (1713/14–1799), daughter of ...

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date: 07 March 2021

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