Robert Dunlop

Robert Dunlop (12 March 1861 – 6 October 1930) was a British historian who specialized in the history of Ireland. A lecturer in Irish History at the University of Manchester, Dunlop was a major contributor to The Cambridge Modern History and wrote a large number of articles for the Dictionary of National Biography. Early life Born in Rusholme, Manchester, Dunlop was the son of John Mair Dunlop and Emily Nairn, both of whom had been born in Scotland, and was baptized on 28 April 1861 at the Greenheys United Presbyterian Church, Coupland Street, Hulme. His father was a bank manager, and he had a younger brother, James Nairn Dunlop, who became a dentist, and two younger sisters, Jeanie and Jessie.