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Robert Culbertson Hope 1812 - 1878

Robert Culbertson Hope of St Kilda, Melbourne County, Victoria Australia was born on May 12, 1812 in Morebattle, Scottish Borders County, Scotland United Kingdom, and died at age 66 years old on June 24, 1878 in East St Kilda, Melbourne County, Victoria Australia. Robert Hope was buried in May 1878 at Eastern Cemetery Ormond Rd, in East Geelong, VIC.
Robert Culbertson Hope
St Kilda, Melbourne County, Victoria Australia
May 12, 1812
Morebattle, Scottish Borders County, Scotland, TD5, United Kingdom
June 24, 1878
East St Kilda, Melbourne County, Victoria, Australia
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Robert Culbertson Hope's History: circa 1812 - circa 1878

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  • 05/12
    1812

    Birthday

    May 12, 1812
    Birthdate
    Morebattle, Scottish Borders County, Scotland TD5, United Kingdom
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Scottish
  • Nationality & Locations

    Scotland and Australia
  • Early Life & Education

    Edinburgh University.
  • Religious Beliefs

    Presbyterian
  • Professional Career

    Medical doctor and Member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Coroner of Geelong. Pastoralist of "Lynnburn" Batesford. Victoria.
  • Personal Life & Family

    President of the Geelong and Western Districts Agricultural and Horticultural Society. Joint founder of the Mechanics Institute of Batesford.
  • 06/24
    1878

    Death

    June 24, 1878
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    East St Kilda, Melbourne County, Victoria Australia
    Death location
  • 05/dd
    1878

    Gravesite & Burial

    May 1878
    Funeral date
    Eastern Cemetery Ormond Rd, in East Geelong, VIC 3219, Australia
    Burial location
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In 1812, in the year that Robert Culbertson Hope was born, on February 27th, the English poet Lord Byron gave his first address as a member of the British House of Lords. He spoke in defense of the Luddite violence against industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire. Luddites were primarily textile workers and weavers who thought that machinery was being used as a way to keep workers from achieving fair practices and wages.
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In 1846, when he was 34 years old, on February 26th, the Liberty Bell was rung for George Washington's birthday. It is said that when it was rung, a previous crack was worsened, leading to the crack seen today. A paper of the time said that at "around noon, it was discovered that the ringing had caused the crack to be greatly extended, and that the old Independence Bell...now hangs in the great city steeple irreparably cracked and forever dumb".
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