R. Vashon (Robert Vashon) Rogers

Born in Kingston, Ontario, on December 19, 1843, Robert Vashon Rogers studied at Queen's University, earning his B.A. in 1861. He was called to the bar in 1865 and spent his career practicing law in Kingston, where he became one of the city's established legal figures.

Rogers combined legal practice with writing and teaching. He was the author of legal works including The Law and Medical Men (1881) and Wrongs and Rights of a Traveller by Boat, by Stage, by Rail (1875). Queen's later awarded him an honorary LL.D. in recognition of his legal and literary work, and he also served as a lecturer in the university's law faculty.

Beyond his books, he took part in civic and church life, serving as a trustee of Queen's University and as a longtime lay secretary of the Ontario Anglican synod. He died in Kingston on May 2, 1911.