Researching Robert Long
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 19428 people with the Long surname? In that year Long was ranked number 188 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Long on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Long and the Long Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Long Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Long family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 25047 people with the Long surname in the UK? Long is now ranked number 202 for popularity in the UK. |
Long Family History Databases
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Long Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 279519 people with the Long surname in the USA? Long is ranked number 71 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Robert Long
Robert Ballard Long
Lieutenant-General Robert Ballard Long (4 April 1771 – 2 March 1825) was an officer of the British and Hanoverian Armies who despite extensive service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars never managed to achieve high command due to his abrasive manner with his superiors and his alleged tactical ineptitude. Although he remained a cavalry commander in the Peninsular War between 1811 and 1813, the British commander Wellington became disillusioned with Long's abilities. Wellington's opinion was never expressed directly, though when the Prince Regent manoeuvred his favourite, Colquhoun Grant into replacing Long as a cavalry brigade commander, Wellington conspicuously made no effort to retain Long. Other senior officers, including Sir William Beresford and the Duke of Cumberland, expressed their dissatisfaction with Long's abilities. The celebrated historian, and Peninsula veteran, Sir William Napier was a severe critic of Beresford's record as army commander during the Albuera Campaign; in criticising Beresford he involved Long's opinions as part of his argument. The publication of Napier's history led to a long running and acrimonious argument in print between Beresford and his partisans on one side, with Napier and Long's nephew Charles Edward Long (Long having died before the controversy reached the public arena) on the other. Recently, Long's performance as a cavalry general has received more favourable comment in Ian Fletcher's revisionist account of the British cavalry in the Napoleonic period.
Source: Robert Ballard Long, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Robert Spencer Long
Robert Spencer Long (June 1927 in Chicago – December 25, 2015 in San Francisco), was a professor of physical science and the tenth president of Shimer College.
Long was born on the north side of Chicago and graduated from Roger C. Sullivan High School in the Rogers Park neighborhood in 1945. After serving three years in the United States Navy, he studied at the University of Chicago, where he obtained a BA in 1951, a master of science in 1955, and a Ph.D. in geochemistry in 1964. He subsequently taught at Nasson College in Maine, New College of Florida, and at the University of Puerto Rico before becoming Dean at Roger Williams College.
Long assumed the position of President of Shimer College on June 3, 1970, shortly after previous president Milburn Akers was killed in car accident. He took control of a college with rapidly dropping enrolment and rising debt, problems which continued to worsen throughout his tenure. Long increased gift income to $300,000 per year, but this was not sufficient to counteract the financial problems.In November 1973, the Board of Trustees announced that Shimer would close at the end of the year. Although an emergency fundraising campaign by faculty and students kept the college open, Long resigned at the end of 1973. He publicly stated that the college would be unable to survive.
Long later worked for 18 years at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. He spent his retirement years in San Francisco. He died at the age of 88 on December 25, 2015, surrounded by family.
Source: Robert Spencer Long, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRobert Gavin Long
Robert Gavin Long (March 3, 1937 – June 4, 2011) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Cut Knife-Lloydminster from 1978 to 1982 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.
He was born in Maymont, Saskatchewan, the son of Donald Charles Long, and moved to the Lloydminster area with his family in 1947. Long was first employed as a heavy equipment operator but turned to farming in 1962. In 1964 he married Phyllis Joyce Murray, who died in 1974. In 1975, he remarried to Eva Marie Sych.
He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Highways and Transportation. He was defeated by Michael Hopfner when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1982. From 1988 to 1992, Long was president of the provincial NDP. He also served as district chair for the Saskatchewan Highway Traffic Board.
Long died in Lloydminster, Alberta at the age of 74.
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