Despite research connecting an underactive thyroid to some of the deadliest diseases of our time, the hypothyroidism epidemic sweeping across the globe has gone largely unrecognized by the mainstream medical community.
James Robertson (explorer) For other people named James Robertson, see James Robertson (disambiguation). James Robertson (June 28, 1742 â September 1, 1814) was an American explorer, soldier and Indian agent, and one of the founding fathers of the State of Tennessee.
17 August 1771. James Robertson in first recorded Ben Nevis ascent. Though itâs known that the botanist was in the Grampians to collect specimens for Edinburghâs College Museum, the exact reason why he chose to scale the 4,409ft peak on this day in 1771 is lost to posterity.