Robert Gordon University Robert Gordon University Robert Gordon University, commonly called RGU, is a public university in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It became a university in 1992, and originated from an educational institution founded in the 18th century by Robert Gordon, a prosperous Aberdeen merchant, and various institutions which provided adult education and technical education in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is one of two universities in the city (the other is the much older University of Aberdeen). According to the 2013 "Times Good University Guide" it is the best modern university in the UK, while according to "The Guardian
Robert Crawford (Scottish poet) Robert Crawford (Scottish poet) Robert Crawford FRSE FBA (born 1959) is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews. He was born in Bellshill and grew up in Cambuslang. He was educated at the private Hutchesons' Grammar School and in the same city at Glasgow University, where he received his M.A. degree. He then went to Balliol College, Oxford, where he received his D. Phil. His paternal grandfather was a Minister in the Church of Scotland and he considers himself a "Christian with a Presbyterian accent, rather than a Protestant",