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Robert Grieve

Topics referred to by the same term

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 10, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Robert Grieve may refer to:Robert Grieve (VC) (1889–1957), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross

Robert Grieve (artist) (1924–2006), Australian painter, printmaker and art teacher

Robert Grieve (1910–1995), Scottish engineer, planner, poet, raconteur and visionary

Bob Grieve (1911–2000), Scottish rugby union player

Bob Grieve (footballer) (1884–1954), Scottish footballer

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The public source identifies “Robert Grieve” as topics referred to by the same term. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Robert, Grieve and Topics.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1889, 1957, 1924, 2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Robert, Grieve and Topics providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 10, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1889, 1957, 1924 and 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from “Robert Grieve” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.