Hugh Robinson (archdeacon)
Hugh Robinson may refer to: * Hugh Robinson (aviator) (1881–1963), American aviation pioneer * Hugh Robinson (painter) (1756–1796), British painter * Hugh G. Robinson, first African American general officer in the United States Army Corps of Engineers * Hugh Robinson (priest), Anglican priest *Hugh Malcolm Robinson Sir Hugh Malcolm Robinson (12 February 1857 – 27 August 1933) was Chief Inspector of Factories of the British Government from 1917 to 1920. Robinson was born in York, the son of Canon H. G. Robinson of York Minster. He was educated at H ...

Hugh Robinson (aviator)
Hugh Armstrong Robinson (May 13, 1881 – 1963) was a pioneer in the earliest days of aviation, combining his skills of inventor, pilot, and daredevil. Among other things, he is said to have been the third person to successfully fly an aircraft after the Wright Brothers in a plane of his own design and construction and the first person to make an air-sea rescue. His many firsts also include the first medical flight transporting a doctor to patient in Hammond, N.Y. in June 1912 and first U.S. airmail flight in 1911. Robinson also devised the term and art of dive-bombing. Biography Robinson was born on May 13, 1881 in Neosho, Missouri. In late 1910, Hugh Robinson became a pilot and chief engineer for Glenn Curtiss at Curtiss Aviation, North Island, California. There he coined the term and invented the tailhook system that helped make possible Eugene Ely's first ever flight, on January 18, 1911, to the deck of a ship, the USS ''Pennsylvania'', by allowing the airplane t ...
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Hugh Robinson (painter)
Hugh Robinson (1756–1796) was a British artist, best known for his history painting History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often (but not exclusively) Greek and Roman mythology and Bible ...s and portraits.Postle, p. 351 His portrait of his sister's son, Thomas Teesdale as a young boy tugging on a kite string, entitled ''Boy with a Kite'' is considered "his masterpiece."Wheatley, p. 82 Notes References * * 1756 births 1796 deaths 18th-century British painters British male painters History painters {{UK-painter-18thC-stub ...
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Hugh G
Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day France * Hugh of Austrasia (7th century), Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia * Hugh I, Count of Angoulême (1183–1249) * Hugh II, Count of Angoulême (1221–1250) * Hugh III, Count of Angoulême (13th century) * Hugh IV, Count of Angoulême (1259–1303) * Hugh, Bishop of Avranches (11th century), France * Hugh I, Count of Blois (died 1248) * Hugh II, Count of Blois (died 1307) * Hugh of Brienne (1240–1296), Count of the medieval French County of Brienne * Hugh, Duke of Burgundy (d. 952) * Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057–1093) * Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy (1084–1143) * Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (1142–1192) * Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1213–1272) * Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1294–1315) * Hugh Capet (939–996), King of France * H ...
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Hugh Robinson (priest)
The Venerable Hugh Robinson, D.D. was an Anglican priest in the first half of the 17th century. GRobinson was born in Anglesey and educated at New College, Oxford. He held livings at Caerhun, Dursley Trefriw and Bighton. Robinson was Archdeacon of Gloucester The Archdeacon of Gloucester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Gloucester, England whose responsibilities include the care of clergy and church buildings within the area of the ''Archdeaconry of Gloucester.'' History The first ... from 1634 until his death on 30 March 1655. Notes 1655 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford Archdeacons of Gloucester 17th-century English Anglican priests People from Anglesey {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ...
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