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,
Lahore
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, then in
British India
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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, Pakistan
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. He is buried in the Taxalie Gate cemetery in Lahore, Pakistan.
References
1895 deaths
1839 births
Heads of universities and colleges in India
Administrators in British India
Deaths from hyperthermia
People from Loughborough
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