Robert Patterson

Robert Patterson was a 19th-century religious writer whose cataloged dates are 1829–1885. He is associated with works including Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith (1875) and The Errors of Evolution (1885), both of which argue against unbelief and defend a traditional Christian view of creation and scripture.

His writing belongs to the world of Protestant apologetics, where authors tried to answer skepticism with long, structured arguments aimed at ordinary readers. In Patterson’s case, the focus was especially on atheism, rationalism, and evolutionary theory, making his books a useful window into the religious controversies of his time.

Little biographical information was readily confirmed beyond his dates and published works, so the picture that survives is mainly through his books rather than detailed personal records. Even so, those books suggest a writer deeply engaged in the big intellectual disputes of the late 19th century.