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Sir David Robinson (13 April 1904 – 10 January 1987) was a British
entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...
and
philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...
. He donated £18 million to the
University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
to establish a new college in his name.
Robinson College, Cambridge Robinson College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1977, it is one of the newest Oxbridge colleges and is unique in having been intended, from its inception, for both undergraduate and graduate students of bo ...
, the newest in the university, was formally opened in 1981. Robinson also donated £3 million to start the
Rosie Hospital The Rosie Hospital is Cambridge's first purpose-built maternity hospital in modern times. It is managed by the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. History The facility originates from the Central Union Poor House Infirmary whic ...
, named after his mother,"History of the Rosie" at cuh.org
/ref> which is now a part of
Addenbrooke's Hospital Addenbrooke's Hospital is an internationally renowned large teaching hospital and research centre in Cambridge, England, with strong affiliations to the University of Cambridge. Addenbrooke's Hospital is based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campu ...
in Cambridge. Robinson was born in
Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...
,
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, but later moved to
Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...
. He built a business
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s and
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s, which was commercially successful. Robinson was also involved with
horse-racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ...
: in the late 1960s and 1970s he owned a large number of winning horses which also yielded significant profits. His racing stables, Clarehaven, was one of the biggest racing stables in England. His string of 120–150 horses was split between two trainers, Michael Jarvis and Paul Davey. He was
knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Gr ...
ed in 1985, and died two years later in Newmarket, the centre of English horse-racing.


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Biography of Sir David Robinson from the Robinson College website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, David 1904 births 1987 deaths 20th-century British businesspeople British racehorse owners and breeders Knights Bachelor Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England 20th-century British philanthropists