Born: January 18, 1941, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Died: August 31, 2019, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Buried: Lashburn Cemetery, Lashburn, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Robert was the son of Edward Cottrill.
He attended Ontario Bible College, the University of Windsor, and Briercrest Biblical Seminary.
He served pastorates in Ontario, with the Associated Gospel Churches of Canada for 17 years, and taught Bible, music and other subjects in the college classroom in western Canada.
A long time student of hymnology, he contributed a considerable amount of background information for the Cyber Hymnal™. Prior to his death, he was living in Saskatchewan, Canada.