Derek Robinson (other)
Derek Robinson may refer to: * Derek Robinson (novelist) (born 1932), British novelist *Derek Robinson (trade unionist) (1927–2017), known as "Red Robbo," British trade union spokesman * Derek Robinson (physicist) (1941–2002), fusion scientist and director of the Culham Science Center *Derek Robinson (sport shooter) (born 1931), British Olympic shooter *Derek W. Robinson Derek William Robinson (25 June 1935 – 31 August 2021) was a British-Australian theoretical mathematician and physicist. He was a researcher at the Australian National University. Early life Derek W. Robinson was born in southern England. ...

Derek Robinson (novelist)
Derek Robinson (born 12 April 1932) is a British author best known for his military aviation novels full of black humour. He has also written several books on some of the more sordid events in the history of Bristol, his home town, as well as guides to rugby. He was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1971 for his first novel, ''Goshawk Squadron''. After attending Cotham Grammar School, Robinson served in the Royal Air Force as a fighter plotter, during his National Service. He has a history degree from Cambridge University, where he attended Downing College, has and worked in advertising in the UK and the US and as a broadcaster on radio and television. He was a qualified rugby referee for more than thirty years and is a life member of Bristol Society of Rugby Referees. He was married in 1964. Following his research of historical records for his novel ''Piece of Cake'' (1983), Robinson became convinced that it was the supremacy of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom's coastal ...
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Derek Robinson (trade Unionist)
Derek Robinson (1927–2017) was a British trade unionist. Formerly a convenor and shop steward within car manufacturer British Leyland for much of the 1970s, he was commonly known as "Red Robbo" in the British press. Career Robinson was born in Cradley, then in Worcestershire and began work in the motor industry as an apprentice at the Austin Motor Company in Longbridge during the Second World War, training as a tool maker. He soon became a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) and joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1951. He stood as a Communist candidate in four consecutive general elections in Birmingham, Northfield between 1966 and 1974. British Leyland was the result of a series of mergers between different British motor vehicle manufacturers. By 1975, Robinson was the union convener of the Longbridge plant in Birmingham, having worked his way up from the shop floor to serve as the deputy of the previous convenor, Dick Etheridge, a fellow member ...
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Derek Robinson (physicist)
Derek Charles Robinson FRS (27 May 1941 – 2 December 2002) was a physicist who worked in the UK fusion power program for most of his professional career. Studying turbulence in the UK's ZETA reactor, he helped develop the reversed field pinch concept, an area of study to this day. He is best known for his role in taking a critical measurement on the T-3 device in the USSR in 1969 that established the tokamak as the primary magnetic fusion energy device to this day. He was also instrumental in the development of the spherical tokamak design though the construction of the START device, and its follow-on, MAST. Robinson was in charge of portions of the UK Atomic Energy Authority's fusion program from 1979 until he took over the entire program in 1996 before his death in 2002. Early years Robinson was born in Douglas on the Isle of Man. As his father was in the Royal Air Force, Robinson often moved and spent an average of eighteen months at any one primary school. At secondary sch ...
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Derek Robinson (sport Shooter)
Derek J. Robinson (born 31 July 1931) is a British former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre rifle, three positions event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1931 births Possibly living people British male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Great Britain Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Gravesend, Kent {{UK-sportshooting-bio-stub ...
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