Robert Romer
1840–1918
Mathematician and judge. Professor of mathematics at Queen’s College, Cork, 1865–6. Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1867. Called to the bar, 1867. Judge of the Chancery Division, High Court of Justice, 1890–9. Lord justice of appeal, 1899–1906. Knighted, 1890. Privy councillor, 1899. FRS 1899.
Sources
Alum. Cantab.
DNB.
Bibliography
Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
