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John Robins (c
John Robins may refer to: * John Robins (born c. 1511), MP for Dover *John Robins (prophet) (), English Ranter and plebeian prophet * John Robins (c. 1714 – 1754), MP for Stafford *John Robins (rugby union) (1926–2007), Welsh rugby union international *John Robins (comedian) (born 1982), English stand-up comedian *John Robins (writer) John Daniel Robins (September 8, 1884 - December 15, 1952) was a Canadian academic and humorist. A longtime professor of German and English literature at the University of Toronto's Victoria University, he was most noted for his book ''The Incom ..., (1884–1952), Canadian academic and humorist See also * John Robbins (other) {{hndis, Robins, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robins (born C (born 1982), English stand-up comedian
* John Robins (writer), (1884–1952), Canadian academic and humorist
John Robins may refer to: * John Robins (born c. 1511), MP for Dover *John Robins (prophet) (), English Ranter and plebeian prophet * John Robins (c. 1714 – 1754), MP for Stafford *John Robins (rugby union) (1926–2007), Welsh rugby union international *John Robins (comedian) John Michael David Robins (born 4 May 1982)John's Twitter Retrieved 20 May 2022 See also * John Robbins (other) {{hndis, Robins, John ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robins (prophet)
John Robins ( fl. 1650–1652) was an English Ranter and plebeian prophet. Though imprisoned for his teachings, he avoided charges of blasphemy by signing a recantation. Life and work Robins, a ranter, was a man of little education. By his own account, "As for humane learning, I never had any; my Hebrew, Greek, and Latine comes by inspiration". He appears to have been a small farmer, owning some land. This he sold, and, coming to London with his wife Mary (or Joan) Robins, was known in 1650 to Lodowicke Muggleton (1609–1698) and John Reeve (1608–1658) as someone claiming to be something greater than a prophet. He was commonly spoken of as "the ranters' god" and "the shakers' god", and was effectively deified by his followers. His wife expected to become the mother of a Messiah. Robins probably viewed himself as an incarnation of the divine being; he asserted that he had appeared on earth before, as Adam, and as Melchizedek. He claimed a power of raising the dead. Robins put fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robins (c
John Robins may refer to: * John Robins (born c. 1511), MP for Dover *John Robins (prophet) (), English Ranter and plebeian prophet * John Robins (c. 1714 – 1754), MP for Stafford *John Robins (rugby union) (1926–2007), Welsh rugby union international *John Robins (comedian) (born 1982), English stand-up comedian *John Robins (writer) John Daniel Robins (September 8, 1884 - December 15, 1952) was a Canadian academic and humorist. A longtime professor of German and English literature at the University of Toronto's Victoria University, he was most noted for his book ''The Incom ..., (1884–1952), Canadian academic and humorist See also * John Robbins (other) {{hndis, Robins, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robins (rugby Union)
John Denning Robins (17 May 1926 – 21 February 2007), was a Welsh international rugby union player who attained 11 caps for Wales between 1950 and 1953. A prop, he toured New Zealand and Australia with the British and Irish Lions in 1950 and became the first Lions coach, on the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand. Robins was born in Cardiff. He was educated at Llandaff Cathedral School and Wellington School. He joined the Royal Navy and served in World War II. He played for England in two wartime Services Internationals. He trained as a teacher at Loughborough and returned there as a lecturer before taking up the post of Director of Physical Education and Recreation at Sheffield University and subsequently the same position at University College, Cardiff. Robins played for Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robins (comedian)
John Michael David Robins (born 4 May 1982)John's Twitter Retrieved 20 May 2022General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: ''Volume 22, Page 1473'' is an English and . Early life Robins was born and grew up in and was educated at |
John Robins (writer)
John Daniel Robins (September 8, 1884 - December 15, 1952) was a Canadian academic and humorist. A longtime professor of German and English literature at the University of Toronto's Victoria University, he was most noted for his book ''The Incomplete Anglers'', which was co-winner with E. K. Brown's ''On Canadian Poetry'' of the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 1943 Governor General's Awards. Robins was born in Windsor, Ontario, and educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Chicago. In 1914 he attended the Universities of Freiburg and Marburg. He returned to Toronto where he taught German at Victoria College. In 1916 he resigned to enlist in the Canadian Army. He spent the next two years teaching musketry at Camp Borden. He left the army in 1918 with the rank of company sergeant major. He returned to teaching at Victoria College eventually becoming a full professor in 1941. He obtained a PhD at the University of Chicago in 1927. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |