Robert Atkinson (masanin ilimin harshe)

Robert Atkinson (6 ga Afrilu 1839 - 10 ga Janairu 1908) ƙwararren masanin ilimin Ingilishi-Irish ne, wanda aka sani da masanin ilimin falsafa kuma masanin rubutu.

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An haife shi a Gateshead a ranar 6 ga Afrilu, 1839, ɗan John Atkinson ne kaɗai, wanda matarsa Ann ke kasuwanci a wurin. Bayan ya yi karatu a makarantar nahawu ta Anchorage kusa da gidansa daga 1849 zuwa 1856, ya yi karatun digiri a Kwalejin Trinity, Dublin, a ranar 2 ga Yuli, 1856. Ya yi shekarun 1857 da 1858 galibi a Liège . Bayan dawowarsa Ireland, ya yi aiki a matsayin malamin makaranta a Kilkenny har sai da ya sami tallafin karatu na Kwalejin Trinity a 1862. Ya kammala karatun digiri na BA a ranar 16 ga Disamba, 1863, MA a 1866, da kuma LL.D. a 1869. A 1891 ya sami digirin girmamawa na D.Litt. 

A shekara ta 1869, Atkinson ya zama farfesa a jami'a a harsunan Romance, kuma daga shekara ta 1871 har zuwa lokacin da ya kusa mutuwa shi ma ya kasance shugaban Sanskrit da kuma ilimin falsafar kwatantawa. Ya koyar da harsunan Romance amma kuma ya koyar da harsunan Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, da sauran harsunan Indiya. Ya kasance masanin Ibrananci, kuma ya san harsunan Farisanci, Larabci, da wasu harsunan Tsakiya da Yammacin Asiya. A shekarunsa na ƙarshe ya yi karatun Sinanci.  Daga cikin ɗalibansa akwai George Abraham Grierson, wanda ya ba da rahoton sha'awar Atkinson a fannin fasahar yaƙi, ciki har da jujutsu . 

A ranar 11 ga Janairu, 1876, aka zaɓi Atkinson a matsayin memba na Royal Irish Academy, kuma a watan Maris ya zama memba na majalisarta. A shekara ta 1876, aka zaɓe shi a matsayin mai kula da laburare. Sakataren majalisar daga 1878 zuwa 1901, an zaɓe shi a matsayin shugaban ƙasa. A halin yanzu, a shekara ta 1884, ya kasance farfesa Todd na harsunan Celtic a makarantar, inda ya gabatar da lacca ta farko kan ƙamus na Irish a ranar 13 ga Afrilu, 1885.  Tasirinsa yana kan hanyar wani aikin ƙamus mai tsada, wanda yanzu ake ɗaukarsa a matsayin babba, kuma wanda ya sami ci gaba ne kawai lokacin da Carl Marstrander ya shiga tsakani.  A kusan shekara ta 1899, Atkinson ya shiga cikin takaddama tsakanin Douglas Hyde da John Pentland Mahaffy kan darajar adabin Irish na Farko, wanda ya ƙima ƙasa.  A lokacin da yake ba da rahoto ga hukumar ilimin sakandare, ya kai hari ga abubuwan al'adu, musamman (ta hanyar nuna) Silva Gadelica, kuma an zarge shi da ɗaukar matsayin siyasa a kan layin Gaelic League . 

Atkinson kuma ƙwararren mai shukar tsirrai ne kuma mai goge mai son wasa. A shekarar 1907 lafiyarsa ta yi tsami. Ya mutu a ranar 10 ga Janairu, 1908 a gidansa, Clareville, Rathmines, kusa da Dublin, kuma an binne shi a makabartar Waltonwrays, Skipton, Yorkshire.

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