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Robin (name)
Robin is a unisex given name and a surname. It was originally a diminutive masculine given name or nickname of Robert, derived from the prefix ''Ro''- (''hrod'', Old Germanic, meaning "fame" and ''berht'', meaning "bright"), and the suffix ''-in'' (Old French diminutive). There are several common variations, including '' Robyn'', ''Robbin'', ''Robine'', ''Robyne'', ''Robynne'', and ''Robbyn''. Robin has its origin in Robyn (name)">Robyn'', ''Robbin'', ''Robine'', ''Robyne'', ''Robynne'', and ''Robbyn''. Robin has its origin in France and is also a very common surname in France. Robin is occasionally found as a surname in English-speaking world">English-speaking countries. Common nicknames are Rob, Robbie or Bobby. In Europe, although it is sometimes regarded as a feminine name, it is generally given to boys. In 2014, 88% of babies named Robin in England were boys. In the United States, it used to be more popular as a feminine name. Around its peak popularity in 1956, it was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary noble outlaw, heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depicted as being of noble birth, and in modern retellings he is sometimes depicted as having fought in the Crusades before returning to England to find his lands taken by the Sheriff of Nottingham (position), Sheriff. In the oldest known versions, he is instead a member of the yeoman class. He is traditionally depicted dressed in Lincoln green. Today, he is most closely associated with his stance of "redistribution of income and wealth, robbing the rich to give to the poor". There exists no canonical version of the Robin Hood mythos, which has resulted in different creators imbuing their adaptations with different messages over the centuries. Adaptations have often vacillated between a libertarian version of Robin Hood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Robin Brown may refer to: *Robin Brown (cricketer) (born 1951), Zimbabwean cricketer *Robin Brown (journalist), Canadian journalist and radio presenter * Robin Brown (politician) (born 1961), American politician * Robin S. Brown, American psychoanalyst and academic *A fictional character in the children's novel ''Merry Go Round in Oz ''Merry Go Round in Oz'' (1963) is the fortieth book in the Oz series created by L. Frank Baum and his successors. It was written by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and McGraw's daughter, Lauren McGraw Wagner. It was illustrated by Dick Martin. ''Merry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Brockway
Robin Brockway (born 17 April 1981 in Shrewsbury) is a British actor. Career Television appearances include ''The Bill'' for '' ITV'', ''Holby City'' for the ''BBC'' and Dispatches for ''Channel 4''. Theatre work includes Frankie in A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard, Arthur Kipps in Half a Sixpence and the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz. Trivia * Great nephew of ''Fenner Brockway Archibald Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway (1 November 1888 – 28 April 1988) was a British socialist politician, humanist campaigner and anti-war activist. Early life and career Brockway was born to Rev. William George Brockway and Frances Eliz ...''. External links Robin Brockway Official 1981 births Living people Male actors from Shrewsbury British male television actors British male stage actors {{UK-tv-actor-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Boyd (theologian)
Robin H. S. Boyd (14 May 1924 – 14 June 2018) was an Irish theologian and missionary to India, ordained in the Irish Presbyterian Church. He also worked with the Student Christian Movement and was a presbyter in the Church of North India. Biography Boyd was born in Belfast in 1924, to Irish missionaries to India. He pursued undergraduate studies in classics at Trinity College Dublin, which was interrupted from 1943 to 1945 for war service, and went on for theological studies at New College, Edinburgh. He worked for two years with the Student Christian Movement as secretary to theological colleges (1951–1953), studied briefly in Basel with Karl Barth and Oscar Cullmann, before marrying his first wife and SCM colleague Frances Paton (granddaughter of John Gibson Paton) and moving to India as Christian missionaries in 1954. In 1959, Boyd returned to Edinburgh to begin his PhD on the subject "The Place of Dogmatic Theology in the Indian Church." He was appointed to the Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Boyd (architect)
Robin Gerard Penleigh Boyd (3 January 1919 – 16 October 1971) was an Australian architect, writer, teacher and social commentator. He, along with Harry Seidler, stands as one of the foremost proponents for the Modern architecture, International Modern Movement in Australian architecture. Boyd is the author of the influential book ''The Australian Ugliness'' (1960), a critique on Australian architecture, particularly the state of Australian suburbia and its lack of a uniform architectural goal. Like his American contemporary John Lautner, Boyd had relatively few opportunities to design major buildings and his best known and most influential works as an architect are his numerous and innovative small house designs. Background and early life Robin Boyd was a scion of the Boyd family, Boyd artistic dynasty in Australia, and his extended family included painters, sculptors, architects, writers and others in the arts. Robin was the younger son of the painter Penleigh Boyd, and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Bonanno
Robin Bonanno (born August 4, 1962 in Nutley, New Jersey) is an American race car driver with extensive experience in a variety of Sports Car Racing, Sports Car and Stock car racing, Stock Car sanctioned racing events. Robin was born in New Jersey then later moved to Florida in 1998 where she met Amos Johnson who is a five-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, Rolex 24 At Daytona. Johnson coached Bonanno through her early years behind the wheel, helping her to hone her racing skills. Robin began racing in 2000 when she joined the Ferrari Club of America and brought her Ferrari to tracks such as Sebring International Raceway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Palm Beach International Raceway, Moroso Motorsports Park. Robin began her professional racing career with the Sports Car Club of America and over the course of fifteen years has ''won five Sports Car Club of America, SCCA D Sports Racing, DSR road course championships'' in the Central Florida region. She has competed in The AR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Briant
Robin Helen Briant (born 1939) is a New Zealand doctor and clinical pharmacologist. In 1994 she was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to the medical profession. She was awarded a New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal and a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal. Early life and education Briant was born in Gisborne and grew up on a farm in Patutahi, as one of five children of Amy Helen and Stanley Daynton Briant. She attended Patutahi Primary School and Iona College in Havelock North. Briant graduated from high school in 1957 and worked as a laboratory technician for several years. Briant gained her medical degree at the University of Otago in 1965, and then worked as a house surgeon and a locum GP in Auckland. She passed her exams for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians at the beginning of 1969 and travelled to England, where she gained membership with the Royal College of Physicians. She was then offered a Wellcome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Blaze
Robin Blaze (born 11 January 1971) is a British countertenor. Early life He was born in Manchester, England. The son of Peter Blaze, a professional golfer, and Christine, Blaze and his brother Mark grew up in Shadwell, near Leeds, and was educated at Leeds Grammar School, Uppingham School, and Magdalen College, Oxford. At Uppingham, Blaze was taught by the celebrated countertenor John Whitworth.Charlotte Smith"Obituary: John Whitworth, countertenor"in '' Gramophone'', 5 September 2013, accessed 22 June 2020 Having made his first solo recordings as a treble with Stephen Lomas, Blaze was both a chorister and an academical clerk at Magdalen College, where he recorded with the Dufay Consort. After graduating, he won a scholarship for postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Music, where he continued to study with Michael Chance and Ashley Stafford. After completing his education, he took a position as professor of Vocal Studies at the Royal College. He has also studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Bengtsson
Robin Bengtsson (born 27 April 1990) is a Swedish pop singer who took part in Swedish Idol 2008. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine with the song " I Can't Go On" finishing in 5th place. Career Bengtsson was born in Svenljunga. He finished third behind winner Kevin Borg and runner-up Alice Svensson in '' Idol 2008''. In mid-2009, he was signed by Merion Music label releasing the single "Another Lover's Gone". Bengtsson was also a guest of Katrin Zytomierska's programs ''Idol 2008: Eftersnack'' and ZTV program ''Sexuellt''. In 2010, Bengtsson took part in the charity song "Wake Up World" for "Hjälp Haiti" with Karl Martindahl and Daniel "The Moniker" Karlsson and also performed the song "Long Long Night" with Kim Fransson (known from the TV reality program '' Made in Sweden''. In 2010, Robin Bengtsson participated in the Swedish/Scandinavian version of ''Wipeout'', reaching the final round and finishing second. He participated in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Bell (scientist)
Robin Elizabeth Bell is Palisades Geophysical Institute (PGI) Lamont Research Professor at Columbia University's Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory and a past President of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2019–2021. Dr. Bell was influential in co-ordinating the 2007 International Polar Year and was the first woman to chair the National Academy of Sciences Polar Research Board. She has made numerous important discoveries with regard to subglacial lakes and ice sheet dynamics, and has a ridge, called Bell Buttress, in Antarctica named after her. Early life and education Bell received her undergraduate degree in Geology from Middlebury College in Vermont; her MPhil from Columbia University in 1980; and her PhD in geophysics from Columbia University in 1989. She received an honorary degree from Middlebury College in 2006. Bell is a passionate sailor: with her husband and two children, she has sailed across the Atlantic several times, as well as the coasts of Newfoundland and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Barnett
Robin Anthony Barnett CMG (born 8 March 1958) is a British diplomat, who served as the British ambassador to Ireland, Poland, and Romania. Early life Robin Anthony Barnett was born on 8 March 1958 to Bryan Anderson Barnett and Marion Barnett. Barnett attended the University of Birmingham, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1979. Career Barnett joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1980. Ambassador to Romania Barnett was appointed the British Ambassador to Romania in 2006, and served in this role until 2010. Ambassador to Poland Barnett served as the British Ambassador to Poland from 2011 to 2016. Ambassador to Ireland He succeeded Dominick Chilcott as Ambassador to Ireland in 2016. Personal life Barnett married his first wife, Debra Marianne Bunt, in 1989. The marriage was dissolved in 1999. Barnett married his second wife, Tesca Marie Osman, in 1999. Barnett has a son and a stepson. He is a supporter of Manchester United. Barnett had a framed Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
