Laurent Tailhade
Laurent Tailhade (16 April 1854 – 2 November 1919) was a French satirical poet, anarchist polemicist, essayist, and translator, active in Paris in the 1890s and early 1900s.
His most well-known poetry collections, "Au Pays du mufle" (1891) and "Imbéciles et gredins" (1900) have retained their insulting wit and verve, which blends the street slang of the outer "faubourgs" (suburbs) of Paris with the rich language of a broad-ranging culture.
Robert of Lexinton
Robert of Lexinton or Lessington( died 29 May 1250) was a British judge and administrator.
Robert of Selby
Robert of Selby( or Salebia)( died 1152) was an Englishman, a courtier of Roger II and chancellor of the Kingdom of Sicily.
It is likely that his name indicates that he was from Selby in Yorkshire.
He probably journeyed to Sicily about 1130.
In his train was Thomas Brun.
In 1137, he was appointed governor of Campania shortly before Salerno, the capital of Campania, was besieged by Count Ranulf of Alife, Duke Henry the Proud, and Prince Robert II of Capua, with the troops of the Emperor Lothair II.
Robert stayed in Salerno to defend the city while Roger was in the island capital Palermo.
With the cause hopeless, Robert advised the city to surrender and beg imperial protection to prevent a sack by the eager Pisans.
The citizens did so and Robert of Selby left to organise the defence of the rest of the province.
In 1143, when Pope Innocent II refused to recognise the Treaty of Mignano, Robert of Selby marched on papal Benevento.
The Beneventans argued that their royal charter was being violated, whereupon Robert entered the palace and the charter was never seen again.
In Summer 1144, Pope Lucius II was barred from Rome by the" senatores" and the" patricius" Giordano Pierleoni.
He failed in his negotiations with Roger at Ceprano.
Robert of Selby led expeditions against the ill- defended Papal States.
Lucius' successor, Pope Eugene III, was invited back after the deposition of Giordano, but forced out again in March 1146.
Late in 1149, Robert of Selby led him back into the Lateran with a Sicilian troop.
Robert of Selby probably acted as a sort of guardian for the young duke of Apulia, Roger, the son of Roger II.
According to John of Hexham, writing in 1147, Robert was" the most influential of the King's friends, a man of great wealth and loaded with honours."
Likewise, in his" Policraticus", VII .19, John of Salisbury calls him" an able administrator... feared by all because of his influence with the Prince, and respected for the elegance of his life..."
A modern opinion is that of John Julius Norwich:" Robert's administrative methods were as unorthodox as his way of life.
He emerges as a far more cheerful and extrovert character than his master..."
Perhaps Norwich had in mind the incident, recorded in the" Policraticus", of Robert negotiating three large bribes from three candidates for the vacant see of Avella—and promptly disclosing the simony to an assembly of bishops, who elected a worthy abbot instead.
Robert collected the bribes nevertheless.
Robert of Chester
Robert of Chester( Latin:" Robertus Castrensis") was an English Arabist of the 12th century.
He translated several historically important books from Arabic to Latin, by authors such as Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan and Al- Khwarizmi including:
In the 1140s Robert worked in Spain, where the division of the country between Muslim and Christian rulers resulted in opportunities for interchange between the different cultures.
However, by the end of the decade he had returned to England.
Some sources identify him with Robert of Ketton who was also active as an Arabic- Latin translator in the 1140s.
However, Ketton and Chester, while both places in England, are a long way apart.
Also, when in Spain, Robert of Ketton was based in the Kingdom of Navarre, whereas Robert of Chester is known to have worked in Segovia.
While translating Al- Khwārizmī's book about algebra, Robert of Chester made an interesting error that lives on today.
Arabic script, like Hebrew script, consists of consonants with vowels punctuated above or underneath and often omitted.
The sine originated in India, and was adopted by the Arabs who spelled the consonants as" jb".
When Robert translated the word, not understanding the Hindu origin, he supplied Arabic vowels yielding the word for bosom, in Latin," sinus".
Hence, the origin of the trigonometric function named sine.
Robert of France
Robert of France may refer to:
Charles Hanses
Charles Hanses was a Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1685 to 1689.
Hanses was the eldest son of John Hanses of Selby and York, Yorkshire.
He was educated at Archbishop Holgate's School in York.
He matriculated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1677, aged 17, and attended St John's College, Cambridge.
He entered Gray's Inn in 1681 and was called to the bar in 1683.
RAF Burn
RAF Burn is a former Royal Air Force station located south of Selby and east of Burn in North Yorkshire, England which opened in 1942 before closing in 1946.
Martin Wallace (bishop)
Martin William Wallace( born 16 November 1948) is a retired Church of England bishop.
He was the Bishop of Selby from 2003 to 2013.
Robert of Ketton
Robert of Ketton, known in Latin as Rodbertus Ketenensis( 1141 – 1157), was an English astronomer, translator, priest and diplomat active in Spain.
He translated several works of Arabic into Latin, including the first translation of the Quran into any Western language.
Between 1144 and 1157 he held an archdeaconry in the diocese of Pamplona.
In the past he has been confounded with Robert of Chester( Latin" Robertus Castrensis"), another English translator active in Spain in the mid-twelfth century; and at least one modern scholar believes they are the same person.
Robert's byname," Ketenensis" or on one occasion" de Ketene", is usually taken to refer to Ketton, a village in Rutland, a few miles from Stamford, Lincolnshire.
It was probably Robert's birthplace.
This nickname was never used in official documents associated with Pamplona, where he was always simply" Master Robertmagister Rodbertus"), indicating that he had a master of arts degree.
The identification of the translator known as Robert of Ketton and the archdeacon known as Master Robert is provided by a letter of Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny.
In the spring or summer of 1144, when Peter sent some of Robert's translations to Bernard of Clairvaux.
In the accompanying letter he named the translator as" Robert of Ketton from England, who is now archdeacon of the church of PamplonaRoberto Ketenensi de Anglia, qui nunc Pampilonensis ecclesiae archidiaconus est").
Robert of Avesbury
Robert of Avesbury( died 1359) was an English historian.

Question: Are Robert Of Selby and Laurent Tailhade from the same country?
Answer: no