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American historian (born 1939)
Robert Choate Darnton (born May 10, 1939) is an American cultural historian and academic librarian who specializes in 18th-century France. He was director
Robert_Darnton
Book by Robert Darnton
the cultural history of early modern France by the American historian Robert Darnton, first published in 1984. The book's title is derived from its most
The_Great_Cat_Massacre
Political pamphlet which libels a public figure
both more numerous and venomous. In recent years, cultural historian Robert Darnton has written on the libelles, arguing for their subversive power of the
Libelle_(literary_genre)
1996 book by Robert Darnton
of Pre-Revolutionary France is a 1996 book by literary scholar Robert Darnton. Darnton maps the "forbidden sector" of eighteenth-century French literature
The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France
The_Forbidden_Best-Sellers_of_Pre-Revolutionary_France
Novel written from a libertine viewpoint
and John Wilmot (Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery, 1684). Robert Darnton is a cultural historian who has covered this genre extensively. In alphabetical
Libertine_novel
Taxonomy of human knowledge
is the fact that theology is ordered under philosophy. The historian Robert Darnton argued that this categorization of religion as being subject to human
Figurative system of human knowledge
Figurative_system_of_human_knowledge
Person who rejects common moral or sexual restraints that are deemed undesirable
(1610–1703), who were inspired by Epicurus and the publication of Petronius. Robert Darnton is a cultural historian who has covered this genre extensively. A three-part
Libertine
American historian (born 1943)
American Historians 1993–1994 Succeeded by Gary B. Nash Preceded by Robert Darnton President of the American Historical Association 2000 Succeeded by Wm
Eric_Foner
Causes of the conflict
monarchy had declined. In his study of the libelle pamphlets and books, Robert Darnton noted that libelles during the reign of Louis XIV tended to direct their
Causes of the French Revolution
Causes_of_the_French_Revolution
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921
imperative legal duty of the whole", a position which, according to historian Robert M. Saunders, seemed to indicate that Wilson "was laying the groundwork for
Woodrow_Wilson
President of the United States from 1901 to 1909
secured his own nomination, but his preferred vice-presidential running mate, Robert R. Hitt, was not nominated. Senator Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana
Theodore_Roosevelt
European cultural movement
quoted from Darnton 1982, p. 17. Darnton 1982, pp. 19, 20. Darnton 1982, pp. 21, 23. Darnton 1982, p. 29. Outram 1995, p. 22. Darnton 1982, pp. 35–40
Age_of_Enlightenment
Intensive historical investigation of a well-defined smaller unit of research
One-place study Wolfgang Behringer Robert Bickers Jaroslav Čechura [cs] Simona Cerutti Alain Corbin Robert Darnton Natalie Zemon Davis Arie van Deursen
Microhistory
1771 novel by Louis-Sébastien Mercier
his novel as prophetic (drawing much derision from contemporaries). Robert Darnton writes that "despite its self-proclaimed character of fantasy ... L'An
The_Year_2440
French former university professor and politician (born 1950)
Cepeda, TM editors, Bogota) Démocratie, démocraties (co-edited with Robert Darnton, Éditions du Rocher, 1999) Le quinquennat (Presses de Sciences Po, 2000
Olivier_Duhamel
American historian
her postgraduate degrees in history at Princeton and was advised by Robert Darnton. Maza began her career at Northwestern University as a professor in
Sarah_Maza
Autobiography
and accounts of his seductions and pranks. In the words of historian Robert Darnton, Ménétra's narrative "restores the human dimension to the study of social
Journal_of_My_Life
Man-eating animal in the 1760s
ISBN 0-8894-6746-3. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beast of Gévaudan. Robert Darnton, The Wolf Man's Revenge, The New York Review of Books, June 9, 2011;
Beast_of_Gévaudan
1976 book by Carlo Ginzburg
culture declined. The Night Battles The Great Cat Massacre (1984) by Robert Darnton Tristano, Richard M. (1996). "Microhistory and Holy Family Parish: Some
The_Cheese_and_the_Worms
Typographic Man (1962). Another notable pioneer in the history of the book is Robert Darnton. European output of manuscripts 500–1500 European output of printed
History_of_books
Surname list
Darnton is an English surname. Therefore, the most likely origins are either (1) related to some place (2) related to some occupation (3) perhaps indicative
Darnton
American writer (born 1945)
Jackson and Joel Nicholson-Roberts". Orbit: A Journal of American Literature. 5 (2): 16. doi:10.16995/orbit.224. Robert Darnton (August 20, 2010). "A Republic
Lewis_Hyde
Annual prize by the MacArthur Foundation
political scientist Charles A. Bigelow, type designer Peter Robert Lamont Brown, historian Robert Darnton, European historian Persi Diaconis, statistician William
MacArthur_Fellows_Program
symbols in digital media. The Internet is a relatively new phenomenon. As Robert Darnton wrote, it is a revolutionary change that "took place yesterday, or the
Sociology_of_the_Internet
American journalist, author (born 1941)
John Darnton (born November 20, 1941) is an American journalist who wrote for the New York Times. He is a two-time winner of the Polk Award, of which
John_Darnton
American anthropologist (1926–2006)
carry through in non-Christian religious cultures. Stephen Greenblatt Robert Darnton Mark R. Woodward Talal Asad 1960. The Religion of Java. Chicago: University
Clifford_Geertz
Study of cultural activity and evolution of traditions over time
Historians who might be grouped under this umbrella are Roger Chartier, Robert Darnton, Patrice Higonnet, Lynn Hunt, Keith Baker, Joan Landes, Mona Ozouf,
Cultural_history
Long-distance intellectual community in early modern Europe and the Americas
philosophique Encyclopédie English coffeehouses in the 17th and 18th centuries Robert Darnton Science in the Age of Enlightenment Societas eruditorum incognitorum
Republic_of_Letters
Society of historians, founded 1884
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt (2002) James
American Historical Association
American_Historical_Association
American attorney and politician (1826–1904)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
George_F._Hoar
Form of animal cruelty
The Great Cat Massacre, a collection of essays by American historian Robert Darnton: Cats also figured in the cycle of Saint John the Baptist, which took
Cat_burning
American award for contributions to Humanities
Rampersad Philip Roth Gordon S. Wood 2011 Kwame Anthony Appiah John Ashbery Robert Darnton Andrew Delbanco Charles Rosen Teofilo Ruiz Ramón Saldívar Amartya Sen
National_Humanities_Medal
American historian (born 1936)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
James_M._McPherson
American historian (1909–2002)
Robert Roswell Palmer (January 11, 1909 – June 11, 2002) was an American historian. Specializing in eighteenth-century France, he is best known for The
Robert_Roswell_Palmer
French revolutionary (1754–1793)
organizing (or taking part in) conspicuous dinners. In 1968 historian Robert Darnton affirmed some of these accounts, and reaffirmed them in the 1980s, holding
Jacques_Pierre_Brissot
Jack Censer, The French press in the age of Enlightenment (2002). Robert Darnton and Daniel Roche, eds., Revolution in Print: The Press in France, 1775–1800
History_of_journalism
(graduated 1978) John Darnton, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times (graduated 1960) Robert Darnton, historian (graduated
List of Phillips Academy alumni
List_of_Phillips_Academy_alumni
American historian (1838–1918)
"peppered with a variety of antisemitic remarks", according to historian Robert Michael, as in the following citations from historian Edward Saveth: "We
Henry_Adams
Public research university in Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Diggelmann 1985 : Christophe Senft 1986 : Yves Bonnefoy, François Chamous, Robert Darnton, Arnold Niederer, Joseph Flach, Michel Kervaire 1988 : Pierre Duquoc
University_of_Neuchâtel
American reporter, war correspondent (1897–1942)
Byron Darnton (November 8, 1897 – October 18, 1942) was an American reporter and war correspondent for The New York Times in the Pacific theater during
Byron_Darnton
political, and social angles. Influential scholars include Roger Chartier, Robert Darnton, Elizabeth Eisenstein, and Henri-Jean Martin. The Cercle de la Librairie [fr]
Books_in_France
Restaurant in Paris, France
pleasure is in devouring the people and committing injustices" (quoted in Robert Darnton, "An Early Information Society: News and the Media in Eighteenth-Century
Café_Procope
American naval officer, historian (1840–1914)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1903) In 1901, an alternate history by Robert Conroy, the main character is a young United States Army officer named Patrick
Alfred_Thayer_Mahan
American historian (1888–1965)
Each Other). Simon and Schuster. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-684-85766-4. Brad Roberts (1990). The New Democracies: Global Change and U.S. Policy. MIT Press.
Arthur_M._Schlesinger_Sr.
Long fictional narrative story
would thus include the story of "Lucian's Ass", vol.1 pp. 114–43. See Robert Darnton, The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France (New York: Norton
Novel
Type of café found mainly in Paris
dictionnaire de Paris. Robert Laffont. p. 742. ISBN 2-221-07862-4. Colin Jones, Paris: Biography of a City (2004) pp. 188, 189. Robert Darnton, "An Early Information
Parisian_café
Books search services from Google
from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017. Robert Darnton (February 12, 2009). "Google and the Future of Books". The New York
Google_Books
American historian (1874–1948)
Barker, Philip Crowl, Richard P. McCormick, William Pool, Robert Thomas, John Munroe, Robert E. Brown and B. Kathryn Brown, and especially Forrest McDonald
Charles_A._Beard
1761 epistolary novel by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Julie, Œuvres complètes, Genève et Paris, 2012, t. XIV, p. 93-97. See Robert Darnton, "Readers respond to Rousseau: the fabrication of Romantic sensitivity
Julie;_or,_The_New_Heloise
French historian (1935–2023)
(October 1979), 865. Darnton, Robert. « Il Faut Savoir Compter », French Historical Studies, 27 no. 4 (Fall 2004), 725-731. Darnton, Robert. The Literary Underground
Daniel_Roche_(historian)
American historian and academic administrator
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Ben_Vinson_III
French dramatist and writer (1740–1814)
nature of its composition. "There is no better writer to consult," Robert Darnton wrote, "if one wants to get some idea of how Paris looked, sounded,
Louis-Sébastien_Mercier
Scholarly discipline
Sixteenth-Century Miller. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Darnton, Robert (1984). The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural
History_of_mentalities
American historian (1905–1993)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Lewis_Hanke
6th president of the University of Minnesota (1873–1962)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Guy_Stanton_Ford
Area of study on 1789–1799 change
of deeper cultural trends. Some of the more prominent works include: Robert Darnton The Literary Underground of the Old Regime (1982) Keith Michael Baker
Historiography of the French Revolution
Historiography_of_the_French_Revolution
2006 film series on piracy culture
Vaidhyanathan, professor of Media Studies and law at the University of Virginia Robert Darnton, cultural historian Felix Stadler, media theorist Adam Burns, director
Steal_This_Film
American historian
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Barbara_Weinstein_(historian)
American historian (born 1950)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Anthony_Grafton
US digital library project
Members of the project's Steering Committee included Harvard University's Robert Darnton, Maura Marx, and John Palfrey; Paul Courant of University of Michigan
Digital Public Library of America
Digital_Public_Library_of_America
American historian
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Carlton_J._H._Hayes
American environmental historian (born 1954)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
William_Cronon
American lawyer and diplomat
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
John_Jay_(lawyer)
American historian (1861–1932)
Magazine of Western History. 41 (1): 2–13. ISSN 0026-9891. JSTOR 4519357. Robert H. Block (1980). "Frederick Jackson Turner and American Geography". Annals
Frederick_Jackson_Turner
American author and historian (1835–1915)
Wisconsin for the Department of History, University of Wisconsin, 1974), 26–28. Robert G. Athearn, "A Brahmin in Buffaloland." Western Historical Quarterly 1#1
Charles_Francis_Adams_Jr.
French painter and illustrator
ISBN 978-2-8062-6675-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Robert Darnton; Daniel Roche (1989). Revolution in Print: The Press in France, 1775-1800
Charles_Monnet
Library system of Harvard University
Director of the University Library, 1979–1984) Sidney Verba, 1984–2006 Robert Darnton, 2007–2015 (Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and University
Harvard_Library
American historian
the Institute for Advanced Study from 2003 to 2011. In 2015, she was the Robert Janson-La Palme Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Art and Archaeology
Caroline_Walker_Bynum
American historian (1896–1973)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Roy_Franklin_Nichols
Carrington Sir Richard Catlow John Cottingham Robert Darnton John Darwin Brian Davies Evan Davis Sir Robert Devereux Sir Andrew Dilnot Dame Angela Eagle
List of honorary fellows of St John's College, Oxford
List_of_honorary_fellows_of_St_John's_College,_Oxford
American historian, Navy officer (1887–1976)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Samuel_Eliot_Morison
London newspaper (1772–1937)
Telegraph. The paper was founded by John Bell. According to historian Robert Darnton, The Morning Post scandal sheet consisted of paragraph-long news snippets
The_Morning_Post_(London)
American historian
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Barbara_D._Metcalf
120. Colin Jones, Paris: Biography of a City (2004) pp. 188, 189. Robert Darnton, "An Early Information Society: News and the Media in Eighteenth-Century
History_of_Paris
American historian (1908–1999)
online review Ferrell, Robert. "C. Vann Woodward", in Clio's Favorites: Leading Historians of the United States, 1945–2000. ed. Robert Allen Rutland (2000)
C._Vann_Woodward
American historian
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Mary_Beth_Norton
Science during the 16th-19th century
editions, making the Encyclopédie more accessible to the non-elite. Robert Darnton estimates that there were approximately 25 000 copies of the Encyclopédie
Science_in_the_Enlightenment
National Library of France erotic book collection
the pre-revolutionary pornography found in it. A prominent example is Robert Darnton, who points to the emancipatory potential of the texts in which social
Collection_de_l'Enfer
American historian
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Hajo_Holborn
American historian
regional differences, temporal trends, and incomplete evidence” In: Allen, Robert C.; Bengtsson, Tommy; Dribe, Martin, eds. Living standards in the past:
Kenneth_Pomeranz
American historian and politician (1832–1918)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Andrew_Dickson_White
Private research library in Chicago, Illinois, USA
2008: Anthony Grafton 2009: William Cronon 2010: Jonathan Spence 2011: Robert Darnton 2012: Francis Christopher Oakley 2013: David McCullough 2014: Roger
Newberry_Library
American historian (1882–1965)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Lynn_Thorndike
Canadian and American historian (1928–2023)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Natalie_Zemon_Davis
American historian
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
James_H._Sweet
American archaeologist, Egyptologist and historian (1865–1935)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
James_Henry_Breasted
American historian
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Gordon_Wright_(historian)
American historian (1899–1975)
anthropology, and sociology Editors Louis Reichenthal Gottschalk, Clyde Kluckhohn, Robert Cooley Angell, Social Science Research Council, 1945 Generalization in the
Louis_R._Gottschalk
American historian and statesman (1800–1891)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
George_Bancroft
American novelist
Eggleston". digitalresearch.bsu.edu. Retrieved April 29, 2025. Johannsen, Robert W. (1952). "Literature and History: The Early Novels of Edward Eggleston"
Edward_Eggleston
American academic and historian (1954–2021)
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Tyler_Stovall
American historian
John Robert McNeill (born October 6, 1954) is an American environmental historian, author, and professor at Georgetown University. He is best known for
J._R._McNeill
American historian
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Gordon_A._Craig
American historian
Caroline Walker Bynum (1996) Joyce Appleby (1997) Joseph C. Miller (1998) Robert Darnton (1999) Eric Foner (2000) 2001–present Wm. Roger Louis (2001) Lynn Hunt
Max_Farrand
English-born American historian (1936–2021)
Bondservant and Master(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966), p. xv. [1] Kapp, Robert A. (1 July 2009). "History, Generations, and China Stories". The China Beat
Jonathan_D._Spence
(born 1944), Holocaust Gordon A. Craig, (1913–2005), German, diplomatic Robert Darnton, (born 1939), 18th-century France Lucy Dawidowicz, (1915–1990), Holocaust
Historiography of the United States
Historiography_of_the_United_States
American industrialist and historian (1848–1927)
Thomas J. Pressly, Americans Interpret their Civil War (1954) p 169. Cruden, Robert (1961). James Ford Rhodes: The Man, the Historian and his Work. The Press
James_Ford_Rhodes
of the award was Simon Schama; other distinguished honorees include Robert Darnton, John H. Elliott and Roy Porter. Carla Rahn Phillips of the University
Leo_Gershoy_Award
Canadian historian (1917–2016)
history forward, first postulated in The Rise of the West (1963). He was the Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History at the University
William_H._McNeill
American historian, sinologist, and Christian missionary (1884–1968)
Scott Latourette's Vocation as Christian Historian", in Marsden, George; Roberts, Frank (eds.), A Christian View of History?, pp. 119–137. Wood, James Edward
Kenneth_Scott_Latourette
ROBERT DARNTON
ROBERT DARNTON
Boy/Male
German American Shakespearean Teutonic English French Scottish
Famed, bright; shining. An all-time favorite boys' name since the Middle Ages. Famous Bearers:...
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Teutonic
Bright with Fame; Wide Fame; Spanish Form of Robert Shining Fame
Male
Czechoslovakian
, bright fame.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Robert.
Male
English
English variant spelling of French Albert, ELBERT means "bright nobility."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Netherlands, Polish, Scottish, Swedish, Swiss, Teutonic
Bright with Fame; Famed; Bright; Shining; An All-time Favorite Boys Name Since the Middle Ages; A; 14th-century King Robert the Bruce; Robert Burns the Poet
Male
English
 Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Æthelbert, ALBERT means "bright nobility." Compare with other forms of Albert.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Robart.
Female
Italian
 Feminine form of Latin Robertus, ROBERTA means "bright fame." In use by the Italians, Portuguese and Spanish. Compare with another form of Roberta.
Male
French
 French name derived from Latin Albertus, ALBERT means "bright nobility." Compare with other forms of Albert.
Male
Italian
Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form of Latin Robertus, ROBERTO means "bright fame."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roberts.
Boy/Male
Australian, Czech, Danish, German, Swedish
Famous Brilliance from Robert; Bright Famous One
Male
English
 English form of Anglo-Saxon Hreodbeorht, ROBERT means "bright fame." Compare with another form of Robert.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Róbert), etc
English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Róbert), etc : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hrÅd
‘renown’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This is found occasionally
in England before the Conquest, but in the main it was introduced into
England by the Normans and quickly became popular among all classes of
society. The surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, as an
Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.A Robert from La Rochelle, France is documented in Trois-Rivières,
Quebec, in 1666, with the secondary surname
Male
French
 Norman French form of Latin Robertus, ROBERT means "bright fame." Compare with another form of Robert.
Male
Welsh
Welsh form of German Hrodebert, RHOBERT means "bright fame."Â
Female
French
Feminine form of Norman French Robert, ROBERTE means "bright fame."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name Robert. This surname is very frequent in Wales and west central England. It is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of a like-sounding Jewish surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roberts.
ROBERT DARNTON
ROBERT DARNTON
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : variant of Egan.English and Irish : from a pet form of any of the personal names mentioned at Eade.
Boy/Male
Gaelic English
Servant.
Girl/Female
Hindi
Precious.
Girl/Female
British, English, German
Bright Fame
Girl/Female
Hindu
Name of a Raga
Girl/Female
Tamil
Adrisa | அதà¯à®°à®¿à®¸à®¾
Mountain Lord
Boy/Male
Tamil
Teacher
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Muslim, Sindhi, Swedish
Jasmine Flower
Girl/Female
English American
Feminine manly.
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Jane, JANICE means "God is gracious."
ROBERT DARNTON
ROBERT DARNTON
ROBERT DARNTON
ROBERT DARNTON
ROBERT DARNTON
n.
A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
v. t.
Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband.
n.
A boat propelled by three rowers with four oars, the middle rower pulling two.
superl.
Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.
v. t.
To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green.
superl.
Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.
a.
Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.
v. i.
One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
v. t.
Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.
v. i.
To become sober; -- often with down.
superl.
Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
a.
Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason.
n.
One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.
a.
Having a disposition or temper habitually sober.
v. t.
To change back. See Revert, v. i.
a.
Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.
imp. & p. p.
of Robe
v. t.
To make sober.
n.
See Herb Robert, under Herb.