Robert White

(b c1538; d London, Nov 1574). English composer. In 1553 he was in London; he then attended Trinity College, Cambridge (1555-62, MusB 1560). He was Master of the Choristers at the cathedrals of Ely (1562-6) and Chester (by 1567) and at Westminster Abbey (from 1570). His works include two fine sets of Lamentations, psalm motets and other Latin liturgical works, as well as anthems. His six viol fantasias are among the earliest known in England.

(b London, 1645; d London, 1703). English engraver and draughtsman. He was trained by David Loggan as a line-engraver and portrait draughtsman. Although he drew a self-portrait when he was 16 and his first print (before 1666) was a portrait, much of White's early work was topographical. In 1671 he drew and engraved a bird's-eye view of the London Royal Exchange. In his notebooks George Vertue claimed that White also drew 'many buildings' for Loggan, perhaps for his views of Oxford and Cambridge, Oxonia illustrata (1675) and Cantabrigia illustrata (1688), and for John Slezer's Theatrum Scotiae (1693), to which Loggan also contributed.

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Robert White may refer to:

• Robert White (guitarist), Motown session guitarist
• Robert J. White, American surgeon, pioneering brain/head transplant surgeon
• Robert John White, British politician
• Robert White (politician), Attorney General of West Virginia, 1877–1881
• Robert Michael White, United States Air Force veteran and test pilot
• Robert White (ambassador), former U.S. ambassador
• Robert White (composer) (c.1538–1574), English composer
• Robert White, founder of Durell Software
• Robert White (animation writer), episode writer for several animated shows including He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• Robert White (sculptor) 1921–2002, American sculptor
• Robert White (bishop), Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, 1747–1761
• Rob White (Formula One), English Formula One engineer
• Robert Howard White (1914–2006), New Zealand politician, mayor of Papatoetoe
• Robert White (cricketer) (born 1979), cricketer
• Rob White, co-founder of the Purple Stereo Countdown record label

See also

• Bob White (disambiguation)
• Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist

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