Frank Bruce "Doc" Robinson (1886 – 19 October 1948) was an American
New Thought
The New Thought movement (also Higher Thought) is a spiritual movement that coalesced in the United States in the early 19th century. New Thought was seen by its adherents as succeeding "ancient thought", accumulated wisdom and philosophy from ...
author and spiritual leader. A pharmacist in
Moscow, Idaho
Moscow ( ) is a city in North Central Idaho, United States. Located along the state border with Washington, it had a population of 25,435 at the 2020 census. The county seat and largest city of Latah County, Moscow is the home of the Universit ...
, Robinson was the son of an English Baptist minister. He studied in a Canadian Bible school but later rejected organized religion in favor of the
New Thought Movement
The New Thought movement (also Higher Thought) is a spiritual movement that coalesced in the United States in the early 19th century. New Thought was seen by its adherents as succeeding "ancient thought", accumulated wisdom and philosophy from ...
. In 1928, he founded the spiritual movement
Psychiana.
Robinson was also publisher of the ''Idahoan'' newspaper. Psychiana's International Headquarters building still stands on 2nd Street, as does Robinson's house on Howard Street.
Robinson's most lasting impact on Moscow and Latah County is the eponymous Robinson Park, for which he donated the land.
References
External links
University of Idaho library- A brief biography of Frank Bruce Robinson
Latah County Parks - Robinson County Park
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1886 births
1948 deaths
Baptists from Idaho
New Thought writers
People from Moscow, Idaho
20th-century American newspaper publishers (people)
American spiritual writers
American pharmacists
20th-century Baptists