Robert Fitzroy Bell

Robert Fitzroy Bell (7 July 1859 – 23 October 1908) was a Scottish publisher and advocate. In 1884 he founded the students' representative council (SRC) at the University of Edinburgh.

Biography Bell was born in Morningside, Edinburgh to Joanna and Charles Bell, a corn merchant. He attended Edinburgh Collegiate School, followed by the University of Edinburgh in 1875, graduating in 1879. He then studied at the University of Jena and University of Berlin, before returning to the University of Edinburgh to study law. In 1884 he founded the students' representative council, inspired by a visit to the University of Strasbourg where he had learnt about the Studenten Ausschuss there. With James Avon Clyde, Bell was joint secretary of the SRC committee that raised the funds to build the Edinburgh University Union (now known as Teviot Row House).

In 1883 Bell was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates.

In 1892 Bell married Isabella Cameron Gunn, and in 1894 he purchased the Temple Hall estate in Coldingham, Berwickshire. In 1898 he edited the memoirs of John Murray of Broughton.

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