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Peter Robb (other)
Peter Robb may refer to: * Peter Robb (author) (born 1946), Australian author * Peter Robb (rugby union) (born 1994), rugby union player from Ireland * Peter B. Robb (born 1948), American lawyer; former General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board {{Human name disambiguation, Robb, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Robb (author)
Peter Robb (born 1946) is an Australian author, who has also written under the pen names B. Selkie and Ross Edwards. Early life and education Robb was born 1946 in Toorak, Melbourne. He spent his early years in Australia and was educated in New Zealand. As a young man he was involved in a small Trotskyist organisation named the Communist League, which was sympathetic to the Fourth International, between 1972 and 1976. Robb helped produced its newspaper, ''Militant'', and was also key in the departure of a section of the Communist League's leadership, through absorption by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in 1976. The group was co-founded by Queensland doctor John McCarthy (1948–2008), who played a major role in integrating the CL and the SWP, and activist and later academic Marcia Langton was the third member of the CL committee. McCarthy broke away from the SWP (then Socialist Workers League) to create CL, and then, along with Robb and Langton, rejoined the SWP four years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Robb (rugby Union)
Peter Robb (born 19 July 1994) is a professional rugby union player from Ireland. He plays primarily as a centre, usually at inside centre for Ealing Trailfinders. Peter played for Irish provincial team Connacht in the Pro14 and in the European Rugby Champions Cup from 2014 to 2022. Early life Born in Dublin, Robb received his primary education at Willow Park school and is a graduate of Blackrock College. He attended University College Dublin and later NUI Galway after joining Galway-based Connacht. Robb started playing rugby at young age, playing at either out-half or centre while at Willow Park and later moving permanently to centre while at Blackrock. Robb represented Leinster at different under-age levels, and during this time played his club rugby with Old Belvedere. Club career Connacht Robb joined the Connacht academy in 2014. He did not feature for the senior side in his first year, but played for the province's second-tier side, the Connacht Eagles, during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |