Robert Carson (numismatist) Robert Carson (numismatist) Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson, FBA (7 April 1918 – 24 March 2006) was a British numismatist. Robert Carson was educated at Kirkcudbright Academy, He was awarded a first in classics at Glasgow Caledonian University where one of his teachers was Professor Anne S. Robertson, curator at the Hunterian Museum and a specialist in Roman coins. He served in the Royal Artillery in north-west Europe, rising to captain. He married in 1949 and had two children. In 1947, he joined the British Museum's department of coins and medals as an assistant keeper. This continued his engagement with classics,
Collect Prayer, the "Collect of the Day" is followed by a "Collect for Peace" and a "Collect for Grace". At Evening Prayer the "Collect of the Day" is followed by a "Collect for Peace" which differs from the version used at Morning Prayer, and a "Collect for Aid against Perils", which starts with the well known phrase; "Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night...". At Holy Communion, the "Collect of the Day" is followed by a reading from the Epistles. In more modern Anglican versions