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Robert Coales Mitton (4 February 1823 – 30 August 1913) was an English-born educator in South Australia, headmaster of various state and private schools. History Mitton was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, a son of John Edward Mitton (1785–1854) and Elizabeth Mitton née Coales (1788–1854). He trained as a teacher at the Borough Road College of the British and Foreign School Society, in London, and in 1847 was appointed head master of the school at Bideford, Devonshire, one of a series of "British Schools" for non-sectarian education of the poor, in competition with the Church of England's National Schools. After two years at Bideford he married Miss Benson in the Baptist Chapel at Biggleswade, her home town, and three weeks later they were on their way to South Australia, along with his parents, aboard the ship ''Albemarle'', 704 tons, J. F. Trivet, master, arriving at Port Adelaide on 16 March 1852. They expected to be greeted by Mitton's brothers Josiah ...
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The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including Engl ...
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