The making of town’s first professor

0 Have your say Dr Robert Blakey was the first Morpethian to become a university professor. He had no recollection of learning to read, but thought that his uncle Mr John Robertson may have taught him.
Mr Robertson was the landlord of The Sun Inn, where he also had a market garden.
He was the close friend of Robert’s father, who died when Robert was very young, and their wives were sisters.
“My uncle made me a sort of companion, and instructed me in many things connected with general history and ecclesiastical affairs. He had an ardent and genuine taste for reading,” he said.
“He had been... read more