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General Henry M. Robert

General Henry M. Robert (1837-1923)  Author of Robert’s Rules of Order, the most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure in the world. Was Chief of Engineers for the Army Corps of Engineers. Chaired the board of engineers that designed the Galveston sea wall after the hurricane of 1900. Married Haworth school principal Isabel Hoagland and they lived on Sunset Avenue, early 1900s.