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Walter Allen Robinson (7 December 1839 – 11 June 1895) was a
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administrator who was appointed the first Principal of Aitchison College,
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, then in
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, on 20 November 1886. Robinson was born in Hoton, Leicestershire, to Rev. Charles Walter Robinson and his wife, Martha Maddock.''1841 England Census'' He was survived by his son, Sir Sydney Maddock Robinson, the Chief Justice of Burma and a daughter who was married in late April 1895, two months before her father died at 3 p.m. on 11 June 1895 of a sun stroke.Aitchison College History
Aitchison College,
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.
He is buried in the Taxalie Gate cemetery in Lahore, Pakistan.


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1895 deaths 1839 births Heads of universities and colleges in India Administrators in British India Deaths from hyperthermia People from Loughborough {{UK-gov-bio-stub