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Emmet, Robert (1778-1803), Irish nationalist

Marianne Elliott

in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

ISBN: 9780198614128
Published online September 2004 | | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/8796
Emmet, Robert (1778-1803), Irish nationalist

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Emmet, Robert (1778-1803), Irish nationalist, was the youngest son of Robert Emmet (1729-1802), state physician, and his wife, Elizabeth Mason (1740-1803). He was born in Dublin on 4 March 1778, and baptized in St Peter's Church there on 10 March. There were three other children in the family, two sons ...

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