CHRISTIE, ROBERT [SSNE 5453]

Surname

CHRISTIE

First name

ROBERT

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Robert Christie, a citizen and merchant of Cracow, won distinction as a "French" athlete in 1710. He was a member of the town's "Throwing School" - schola iaculatoria - which functioned free of customs and any other royal obligations

A.F. Steuart, Papers relating to the Scots in Poland, 1576-1793, (Edinburgh, 1915), pp.34-35; Rel. Crac., T.134, f.505 (Archivium Krajowy).

Service record

POLAND, CRACOW

Arrived 1710-01-01

Capacity MERCHANT, purpose MERCANTILE