Robert Robertson (1934–2018) was systematic malacologist, natural historian, and reproductive biologist, focusing on marine gastropods and based at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia (ANSP) for most of his career. An account of his professional life is presented, based in part on a brief autobiography here included. Lists of his 142 publications (published and unpublished, formal and informal) and 13 taxa, as well as taxa named for him and publications written about him, are provided.