Introduction

Biography

Robert was the son of so­li­ci­tor Mat­thew An­der­son and Ma­ry Lee.

He was edu­cat­ed at Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Dub­lin (BA 1862, LLD 1875), and be­longed to the Ply­mouth Breth­ren, some­times preach­ing with John Nel­son Da­rby.

He even­tu­al­ly went to work with the Home Of­fice. In 1887 he be­came Sec­re­ta­ry of the Pri­son Com­mis­sion­ers, and in 1888 As­sist­ant Com­mis­sion­er of the Cri­mi­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tion De­part­ment of Scot­land Yard (this was around the time Jack the Rip­per was ter­ror­iz­ing Lon­don).

In 1901, An­der­son re­tired and was made a Knight Com­mand­er of the Or­der of the Bath.

Works

• The Bud­dha of Christ­en­dom (Lon­don: Hod­der and Stough­ton, 1899)
• Criminals and Crime, 1907
• The Light­er Side of My Of­fi­cial Life, 1910
• Sidelights on the Home Rule Move­ment
• The Com­ing Prince
• The Bi­ble and Mo­dern Cri­ti­cism
• The Bi­ble or the Church
• Daniel in the Cri­tics’ Den
• A Doubt­er’s Doubts About Sci­ence and Re­li­gion
• Entail of the Co­ve­nant
• Forgotten Truths
• The Gos­pel and Its Min­is­try
• The Hon­our of His Name
• Human Des­ti­ny
• The Lord from Hea­ven
• Misunderstood Texts of the New Tes­ta­ment
• Pseudo-Cri­ti­cism
• Redemption Truths
• The Si­lence of God
• Types in He­brews
• Unfulfilled Pro­phe­cy
• The Way