Sir Robert Anderson (1841 - 1918) Born in Dublin, Ireland. He was of Scottish descent being the son of Matthew Anderson, a Crown Solicitor. There were two main features to his life.
In 1862 he obtained his B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin, and was called to the Bar in 1863. He married Agnes Alexandrina Moore in 1873. As an intelligence officer in London he had the responsibility from 1876 to combat the Fenians. He remained in London as a Home Office adviser in matters relating to politically motivated crime. From 1887 he was the Secretary of the Prison Commissioners until 1888, when he replaced James Monro as Assistant Commissioner of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). He retired in 1901 and was knighted the same year. He died on November 15, 1918.
Published works
Theological works
Sir Robert Anderson wrote at least nineteen volumes of Bible exposition with the following titles.
The Bible and Modern Criticism
The Bible or the Church
The Buddha of Christendom
The Coming Prince
Daniel In The Critics' Den
A Doubter's Doubts about Science and Religion
Entail of the Covenant
Forgotten Truths
The Gospel and Its Ministry
The Honour of His Name
Human Destiny
The Lord From Heaven
Misunderstood Texts of the Bible
Pseudo-Criticism
Redemption Truths
The Silence of God
Types In Hebrews
Unfulfilled Prophecy
The Way
In addition to these books, he also authored many smaller articles and pamphlets.
Other books
Criminals and Crime
The Lighter Side of my Official Life
Sidelights on the Home Rule Movement
References
Source
The information on this page is gleaned from the external web-site listed below. That information was summarised from his official biography written by his son, the complete text of which is available there on-line.
Sir Robert Anderson and Lady Agnes Anderson by A.P. Moore-Anderson
External link
SIR ROBERT ANDERSON Secret Service Theologian! (http://www.newble.co.uk/anderson/)
Anderson" or "a Scottish clergyman." This doubtless arose from the fact that Professor Copeland, in his first communication on the new star to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, read on February 15, 1892, referred to the discoverer as "the Rev. Thomas D. Anderson, D.Sc.
It was fortunate for Anderson that he was possessed of sufficient private means to enable him to devote his whole time to the study of astronomy, to which he returned with renewed enthusiasm after he had decided to abandon his ministerial career.
Anderson (the ideas of a discoverer of two novae are of such public interest that I venture to state the circumstances) returned to his 'stargazing' in Edinburgh very promptly.
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