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Robert Robinson (painter)
Robert Robinson may refer to: Politicians * Robert Robinson (Australian politician) (1811–1852), Australian politician * Robert Robinson (Canadian politician) (1826–1885), Canadian merchant and politician in New Brunswick * Robert E. Robinson (1947–1989), Savannah City Council member and attorney *Robert P. Robinson (Delaware politician) (1869–1939), American banker and politician, Governor of Delaware * Robert P. Robinson (Wisconsin politician) (1884–1953), Wisconsin State Senator * Robert Thomson Robinson (1867–1926), Australian politician Sportsmen *Robert Robinson (cricketer, born 1765) (1765–1822), English cricketer * Robert Robinson (footballer, born 1871) (1871–?), Robert Breckell Robinson, English association footballer, played for Ardwick (Manchester City) * Bob Robinson (American football) (fl. 1916), American football coach * Robert Robinson (footballer) (1906–1990), English association footballer * Bob Robinson (Australian footballer) (1914–2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (Australian Politician)
Robert Robinson (c.1811 – 14 May 1852) was a hotel-keeper and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia). Robinson was licensee of Commercial Hotel, Corio, from 1841. Mercer was elected to the district of Geelong in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative C ... in October 1851. Robinson died on 14 May 1852, he was married to Elizabeth Mary, who survived him. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Robert 1811 births 1852 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Burials in Victoria (Australia) 19th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginney Robinson
Robert "Ginney" Robinson (birthdate unknown) was an American baseball catcher and in the pre-Negro leagues. Robinson was on teams lists in Chicago from 1902 to 1908. He then moved to Kansas City to play for the Kansas City Giants from 1909 to 1911. He caught for Bill Holland, Will Horn, Walter Ball, Bill Gatewood, Harry Buckner, Bill Lindsay, and Hurley McNair Hurley Allen McNair (October 28, 1888 - December 2, 1948) was a baseball player in the Negro leagues and the pre-Negro leagues. At the age of 21, he was pitching for the Minneapolis Keystones. He left the Keystones halfway through the 1911 season .... References External links * anSeamheads {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Robert Algona Brownies players Columbia Giants players Leland Giants players Year of birth missing Year of death missing Kansas City Giants players Kansas City Royal Giants players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Robinson (other)
Bobby Robinson may refer to: * Bobby Robinson (baseball) (1903–2002), Negro league baseball player *Bobby Robinson (record producer) Bobby Robinson (born Morgan Clyde Robinson; April 16, 1917 – January 7, 2011) was an American independent record producer and songwriter in New York City, most active from the 1950s through the mid-1980s. Robinson produced hits by Wilbert Harr ... (1917–2011), American independent record producer * Bobby Robinson (footballer, born 1950) (1950–1996), Scottish football midfielder * Bobby Robinson (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1975), English football goalkeeper See also * Robert Robinson (other) * Robbie Robinson (other) {{hndis, Robinson, Bobby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Anthony Robinson
Robert Anthony Robinson OBE (1904–1979) was a New Zealand inorganic chemist, best known for his book ''Electrolyte solutions'' book, which has been a standard for decades. In 1949 he won the Hector Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand. Selected works * ''Electrolyte solutions, the measurement and interpretation of conductance, chemical potential, and diffusion in solutions of simple electrolytes'' R A Robinson and R H Stokes, 1955. London: Butterworths Scientific Publications * ''Electrolyte solutions, the measurement and interpretation of conductance, chemical potential, and diffusion in solutions of simple electrolytes'' R A Robinson and R H Stokes, 1970. Second edition London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...: Butterworths Scientific Publications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (Neighbours)
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the Network Ten soap opera ''Neighbours'' in 2006, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer Ric Pellizzeri. The 22nd season of ''Neighbours'' began airing on 9 January 2006. March saw the first birth of 2006, when Charlie Hoyland was born to the established Stephanie Scully and Max Hoyland. That same month saw Paul Robinson's sons Cameron and Robert arrive in town. October saw many arrivals; Rosetta Cammeniti, Will Griggs, Pepper Steiger, Frazer Yeats all arrived on the same day and moved into Ramsay Street. Criminal Guy Sykes came to see Katya Kinski and Kerry Mangel became the second child to be born that year. Pepper's mother, Christine Rodd, was introduced at the end of October and Glenn Forrest arrived in November. Charlie Hoyland Charlie Hoyland made his first screen appearance on 20 March 2006. He was originally played by Aaron Aulsebrook-Walker, until the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (broadcaster)
Robert Henry Robinson (17 December 1927 – 12 August 2011) was an English radio and television presenter, game show host, journalist and author. Biography and career Robinson was born in Liverpool, the son of an accountant father, and educated at Raynes Park Grammar School in south London and Exeter College, Oxford. He then became a journalist for the ''Sunday Chronicle'' (TV columnist), the '' Sunday Graphic'' (film and theatre columnist), the ''Sunday Times'' (radio critic and editor of ''Atticus'') and ''The Sunday Telegraph'' (film critic). He began working on television as a journalist in 1955. During the 1960s and 1970s, he presented the series '' Open House'', ''Picture Parade'', '' Points of View'', the leading literary quiz ''Take it or Leave it'', ''Ask the Family'', '' BBC-3'' – including the discussion during which Kenneth Tynan became the first person to say "fuck" on British television (Robinson told Tynan that this was "an easy way to make history") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (engineer)
Robert Nathaniel Robinson (June 22, 1906 – February 23, 1994) was a Jamaican-born toolmaker who worked in the auto industry in the United States. At the age of 23, he was recruited to work in the Soviet Union. Shortly after his arrival in Stalingrad, Robinson was racially assaulted by two white American workers, both of whom were subsequently arrested, tried and expelled from the Soviet Union with great publicity. Starting with a one-year contract to work in the Soviet Union, Robinson twice renewed his contract. After the publicity of his assault, he felt unable to return to the US and accepted Soviet citizenship. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering. His repeated attempts to visit outside the USSR finally resulted in an approved trip to Uganda in 1974, where he asked for and was given asylum. He married an African-American professor working there. He finally gained re-entry to the United States in 1986, and gained attention for his accounts of his 44 years in the Sovie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert G
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (chemist)
Sir Robert Robinson (13 September 1886 – 8 February 1975) was a British organic chemist and Nobel laureate recognised in 1947 for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids. In 1947, he also received the Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm. Biography Early life He was born at Rufford House Farm, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire the son of James Bradbury Robinson, a maker of surgical dressings, and his wife, Jane Davenport. Robinson went to school at the Chesterfield Grammar School and the private Fulneck School. He then studied chemistry at the University of Manchester, graduating BSc in 1905. In 1907 he was awarded an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 to continue his research at the University of Manchester. He was appointed as the first Professor of Pure and Applied Organic Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney in 1912. He was briefly at St Andrews University (1920–22) and then was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Spencer Robinson
Admiral Sir Robert Spencer Robinson, (6 January 1809 – 27 July 1889) was a British naval officer, who served as two five-year terms as Controller of the Navy from February 1861 to February 1871, and was therefore responsible for the procurement of warships at a time when the Royal Navy was changing over from unarmoured wooden ships to ironclads. As a result of the ''Captain'' disaster, Robinson was not given a third term as Controller. Robinson has been "described as having one of the best brains of any Victorian admiral". Personal life He was born at Welford Park, Berkshire, the son of Sir John Freind Robinson, 1st Baronet (1754–1832), Archdeacon of Armagh, who had changed the family surname from Freind to Robinson in 1793. On 10 May 1841, he married Clementina, daughter of Admiral Sir John Louis. Early naval career Robinson entered the Navy on 6 December 1821. He was promoted to lieutenant on 27 September 1830, and from 5 May 1831 until 1834 served as lieutenant in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (Baptist)
Robert Robinson (27 September 1735 – 9 June 1790) was an English Dissenter, influential Baptist and scholar who made a lifelong study of the antiquity and history of Christian Baptism. He was also author of the hymns "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" and "Mighty God, while angels bless Thee", the former of which he wrote at age 22 after converting to Methodism. The latter was later set to music by Dr John Randall, Music Professor at Cambridge University. Early life Robert Robinson was born in Swaffham in Norfolk, on 27 September 1735, to Michael Robinson, a customs officer, and Mary Wilkin, who had married by license at Lakenheath, Suffolk, 28 March 1723. His father died when he was aged five, but his maternal grandfather, Robert Wilkin, a wealthy gentleman of Mildenhall, who had never reconciled himself to his daughter’s lowly marriage, disinherited his grandson, with an inheritance of ten shillings and sixpence. Robinson’s uncle, a farmer, had sponsored Robinson’s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (Dissenting Minister)
Robert Robinson D.D. (c. 1726 – 1791), was an eccentric Dissenting Minister, and has been accused of being controversial and belligerent. Early life Born about 1726, Robinson was educated at the dissenting academy at Plasterers' Hall, Addle Street, London. His tutors here were Zephaniah Marryat, D. D. (c. 1684 – 1754), theological tutor, "considered to be the best Greek scholar among the Dissenters"; and John Walker, LL. D., Classical and Hebrew tutor, who was "celebrated for his profound knowledge of the oriental languages". Plasterers' Hall was unashamedly Independent or Congregationalist and it evolved into Independent College, Homerton. It was the academy Joseph Priestley's Calvinistic relatives would have sent him, had he not, "being at that time an Arminian, ... resolutely opposed it, especially upon finding that if ewent thither, besides giving a onversionexperience, emust subscribe isassent to ten printed articles of the strictest Calvinist faith, and repeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
