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1613Apr, 27

Robert Abercromby (missionary)

Robert Abercromby, Scottish priest and missionary (b. 1532)
Father Robert Abercromby (1536 – 27 April 1613), whose surname was also spelled as Abrecromby and Abercrombie, and was known by such pseudonyms as Robert Sandiesoun and Sanders Robertson, was a Scottish Jesuit missionary.

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