John Elder Robison

John Elder Robison (born August 13, 1957) is the author of the 2007 memoir Look Me in the Eye, detailing his life with undiagnosed Asperger syndrome and savant abilities. He is the elder brother of memoirist Augusten Burroughs, who also wrote about his childhood in the memoir Running with Scissors. He had previously worked for Autism Speaks, but resigned in 2013 following an op-ed released by the organization. Robison is active in the autism rights movement. He self-diagnosed himself with Asperger’s in his forties.

Robison was born in Athens, Georgia, while his parents were attending the University of Georgia. He is the son of poet Margaret Robison and the late John G. Robison (1935–2005), former head of the philosophy department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Robison is married twice and has one son.

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John Elder (footballer)

John Elder is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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John Elder (pastor)

The Reverend John Elder (January 26, 1706 – July 17, 1792), known as the "Fighting Pastor", was the pastor for the Paxtang congregation, located in present-day Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg. He founded the Paxton Boys for local self-defense during the French and Indian War, but after the war they engaged in further killings of Indians.

Biography and career

Elder was born in Edinburgh, the son of Robert and Eleanor Elder. He was raised and educated there, receiving a classical education at the University of Edinburgh and then he studied divinity, receiving a license to preach the gospel in 1732. His father had emigrated to central Pennsylvania c. 1730, Elder followed c. 1735. A ministry opened when the Derry congregation split in two, and Elder was called and ordained by the Paxtang congregation.

The First Great Awakening had reached the area shortly afterwards. Elder opposed the revivalist furore. He was accused and formally cleared of heresy. He stood firmly with the "Old Side" in the resulting split amongst Presbyterian churches, which lasted about twenty years.