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Mary Robinson (other)
Mary Robinson (born 1944) was President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997 and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002. Mary Robinson may also refer to: * Mary Robinson (poet) (1757–1800), English actress, poet, and novelist * Agnes Mary Frances Robinson (later Duclaux; 1857–1944) English poet and literary critic; most frequently cited as Mary F. Robinson * Mary Robinson (British politician) (born 1955), British Conservative Party politician, MP for Cheadle since May 2015 *Mary Robinson (Maid of Buttermere) (1778–1837), "The Maid of Buttermere", subject of Melvyn Bragg's novel of that name * Mary Kapuahualani Robinson (1896/7-1978), Hawaii Territorial Senator and businesswoman *Mary Lou Robinson (1926–2019), United States federal judge * Mary Robinson (Canadian politician) (born 1970), Canadian politician Ships * ''Mary Robinson'' (clipper), 1854 clipper ship in the San Francisco and guano trades See also *Mary Robison Mary Cennamo Robison ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Robinson
Mary Therese Winifred Robinson ( ga, Máire Mhic Róibín; ; born 21 May 1944) is an Irish politician who was the 7th president of Ireland, serving from December 1990 to September 1997, the first woman to hold this office. Prior to her election, Robinson was a senator in between 1969 and 1989, and a councilor on Dublin Corporation from 1979 to 1983. Though briefly affiliated with the Labour Party while a senator, she became the first independent candidate to win the presidency and the first not to have had the support of Fianna Fáil. Following her time as president, Robinson became the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002. Robinson is widely regarded as having had a transformative effect on Ireland, having successfully campaigned on several liberalising issues as a senator and as a lawyer. Robinson was involved in the decriminalisation of homosexuality, the legalisation of contraception, the legalisation of divorce, enabling women to sit on ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Robinson (poet)
Mary Robinson (née Darby; 27 November 1757 – 26 December 1800) was an English actress, poet, dramatist, novelist, and celebrity figure. She lived in England, in the cities of Bristol and London; she also lived in France and Germany for a time. She enjoyed poetry from the age of seven and started working, first as a teacher and then as actress, from the age of fourteen. She wrote many plays, poems and novels. She was a celebrity, gossiped about in newspapers, famous for her acting and writing. During her lifetime she was known as "the English Sappho". She earned her nickname "Perdita" for her role as Perdita (heroine of Shakespeare's ''The Winter's Tale'') in 1779. She was the first public mistress of King George IV while he was still Prince of Wales. Biography Early life Robinson was born in Bristol, England to Nicholas Darby, a naval captain, and his wife Hester (née Vanacott) who had married at Donyatt, Somerset, in 1749, and was baptised 'Polle(y)' ("Spelt 'Polle' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Mary Frances Robinson
Agnes Mary Frances Robinson (known as Agnes-Marie-François Darmesteter after her first marriage, and Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux after her second; 27 February 1857 – 9 February 1944) was a poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic, and translator. She was the elder sister of the novelist and critic Frances Mabel Robinson. Life Agnes Mary Frances Robinson was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, on 27 February 1857 to a wealthy architect. After a few years, the family moved to become a part of the artistic community growing in London. Robinson and her younger sister, Frances Mabel Robinson, shared an education under governesses and in Brussels until they attended one year at University College, London. The Robinson house became a central location for painters and writers of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, such as William Michael Rossetti, William Morris, William Holman Hunt, Edward Burne-Jones, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Arthur Symons, Ford Madox Brown, and Mathilde Blind, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Robinson (British Politician)
Mary Josephine Robinson (born 23 August 1955) is a British Conservative politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheadle at the 2015 general election. Early life Robinson was born on 23 August 1955. She studied law and worked as a chartered accountant. She ran an accountancy practice in Preston called Robinson Rose Ltd with her husband, Stephen, but this went into administration and was acquired by the Champion Group in 2008. In 2012, she founded a fashion design business, Mary Felicity Design Ltd, with her daughter Felicity. She unsuccessfully stood as the Conservative candidate in the Howick & Priory ward of South Ribble Borough Council in Preston in 2003, but was subsequently elected in the same ward in 2007, when her husband Stephen was also elected as a councillor on the same Council. Parliamentary career Robinson was selected as the Conservative candidate for Cheadle in 2013 and stood down as a councillor on South Ribble Borough Council. Her hus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Robinson (Maid Of Buttermere)
Mary Robinson (1778 – 7 February 1837, married name Mary Harrison), known as "The Maid of Buttermere", was an inn-keeper's daughter from Buttermere, Cumbria, England, who was deceived into a bigamous marriage. She is mentioned in William Wordsworth's "The Prelude". Life Robinson was a shepherdess and the daughter of the landlord of the Fish Inn in the village of Buttermere in England's Lake District. She was married bigamously in 1802 to John Hatfield (c.1758–1803), who presented himself as "Colonel Hope". The marriage of the celebrated local beauty to the brother of an earl (as he claimed) was widely reported, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in the London ''Morning Post'' of "The romantic marriage". Hatfield was exposed as an impostor, bigamist and forger, was arrested, escaped, was captured in South Wales, and was tried at Carlisle for forgery and hanged in 1803. Mary's story captured the public imagination, and subscriptions were raised on her behalf. She marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Kapuahualani Robinson
Mary Kapuahualani "Girlie" Robinson (born Mary Kapuahualani Hart in 1896–97, died June 5, 1978) was a Republican Senator from Oahu in the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. She was one of two women in the Territorial Senate in 1951, with the other being Thelma Akana Harrison Thelma Alice Kalaokona Moore Akana Harrison (July 17, 1905 – July 1, 1972) was an American public health nurse and politician who served as a Republican Senator for Oahu in the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. She was the first woman to be r .... Before being elected to the legislature, she was president of We The Women of Hawaii, and worked within the Territorial Government for 21 years. In February 1945, she married local businessman Mark Alexander Robinson. In 1951, she founded Robinson Travel Inc., which had become a multimillion-dollar company by the time of her death in 1978. See also * Mark P. Robinson Family Bibliography * References 1978 deaths 20th-century American legislator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lou Robinson
Mary Lou Robinson (August 26, 1926 January 26, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Education and career Born on August 26, 1926, in Dodge City, Kansas, Robinson graduated from Amarillo High School in Amarillo, Texas, in 1944. Robinson received an associate degree from Amarillo College in 1946. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1948 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1950. She met her husband A. J. Robinson at the university and the couple married in 1949. She was in private practice with her husband in Amarillo as Robinson & Robinson from 1950 to 1955. She was a judge of the County Court for Potter County, Texas, from 1955 to 1958. She was a judge of the 108th District Court of Texas in Amarillo from 1961 to 1973. During this time she spoke frequently about women's rights and helped to change a law that pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Robinson (Canadian Politician)
Mary Robinson (born August 3, 1970) is a Canadian parliamentarian who has served as a senator from Prince Edward Island since January 2024. Robinson has experience in the agriculture sector. Robinson is vice-president of the World Farmers' Organisation and managing partner of the Robinsion Group of Companies, a sixth-generation farm and agribusiness based in Albany, Prince Edward Island. In 2019, she became the first Prince Edward Islander and the first woman to be elected president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is Canada's largest general farm organization, representing 200,000 farmers and farm families. The organization is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, with the mandate to provide a unified industry vo .... References Living people 1970 births Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian senators from Prince Edward Island Independent Canadian senators Canadian Senators Group 21st-century Canadian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Robinson (clipper)
''Mary Robinson'' was an 1854 medium clipper in the San Francisco, India, and the guano trades. She was known for having spent an entire month attempting to round Cape Horn in bad weather. Voyages ''Mary Robinson'' made six voyages, from Boston to New York and then to San Francisco. In 1864, ''Mary'' ran her fastest run in 115 days. She was accompanied by '' Carrier Dove'' off Cape Horn on this trip, and beat ''Carrier Dove'' to San Francisco by 18 days. On her maiden run, ''Mary Robinson'' was not as fortunate. She spent 30 days rounding Cape Horn in "heavy gales and continual snow storms". During the commercial panic of 1857, ''Mary Robinson'' was one of the many American clippers that was put into the more profitable British trade between India and England. ''Mary Robinson'' made a very fast passage in 1858. She made it in 58 days from San Francisco to Melbourne, continuing with 40 days from Melbourne to Honolulu. Guano trade and loss of the ship In 1858, ''Mary Robin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
