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Robison may refer to: * Robison (name), a surname; includes a list of people with the name * Robison Field, a former Major League Baseball park in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. * Robison Glacier, Antarctica * Robison Peak, Antarctica * Robison of San Francisco, pet store and wild-animal dealers See also * Robeson (other) * Robinson (other) Robinson may refer to: People and names * Robinson (name) Fictional characters * Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719 Geography * Robinson projection, a map projection used since the 1960s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robison (name)
Robison is an English language patronymic surname, meaning "son of Rob" (a shortened form of Robert, of Norse Gaelic origin.) Robison is a rare given name. Surname * Brian Robison (born 1983), American former NFL player * Ansel C. Robison and Ansel W. Robison, animal dealers in San Francisco * Bruce Robison (born 1966), American singer-songwriter; brother of Charlie Robison * Carson Robison (1890–1957), American singer-songwriter * Charlie Robison (1964–2023), American singer-songwriter; brother of Bruce Robison * Darrell Robison (1931–2002), American alpine skier * David Fullerton Robison (1816–1859), American politician * Emily Robison (born 1972), American singer-songwriter * George Robison (1931–2016), American NFL player * Grant Robison (born 1978), American track and field athlete * Howard W. Robison (1915–1987), American politician * James Robison (other), several people * Jim Robison, American bridge player Jim Robison(born 1939), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robison Field
Robison Field is the best-known of several names given to a former Major League Baseball park in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the home of the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League from April 27, 1893 until June 6, 1920. History Today's Cardinals of the National League began in 1882, as the St. Louis Browns of the then-major American Association. They won four championships during the Association's ten-year existence of 1882 through 1891. During that decade, the team was playing their home games at Sportsman's Park, at the corner of Grand and Dodier. In 1892, four of the Association clubs were absorbed into the National League, and the Association folded. Sportsman's Park remained the home of the Browns during their first NL season. New Sportsmans' Park Although the Browns had been the most successful of the Association clubs, they fell on hard times for some years after the merger. For 1893, owner Chris von der Ahe moved his team a few blocks to the northwest an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robison Glacier
The Scott Glacier () is a major glacier, long, that drains the East Antarctic Ice Sheet through the Queen Maud Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. The Scott Glacier is one of a series of major glaciers flowing across the Transantarctic Mountains, with the Amundsen Glacier to the west and the Leverett Glacier, Leverett and Reedy Glacier, Reedy glaciers to the east. Geography The Scott Glacier originates on the Antarctic Plateau in the vicinity of D'Angelo Bluff and Mount Howe, and descends between the Nilsen Plateau and the mountains of the Watson Escarpment to enter Ross Ice Shelf just west of the Tapley Mountains. The Tapley Mountains, Watson Escarpment, Mount Blackburn (Antarctica), Mount Blackburn, and the La Gorce Mountains bound the Scott Glacier on its eastern margin, while the Karo Hills, Hays Mountains, Faulkner Escarpment, and Rawson Mountains (Antarctica), Rawson Mountains define the western edge of the Scott's drainage. According to ''Sailing Directions for Antarctica' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robison Peak
The Willett Range () is the range extending north from Mistake Peak and running for as a high shelf along the edge of the continental ice to the Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. The range is breached by several glaciers flowing east from the plateau. Name The Willett Range was named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE; 1956–58) for R.W. Willett, Director of the New Zealand Geological Survey, who gave valuable assistance throughout the expedition and in the compilation stages after its return. Location The Willet Range runs from south to north along the eastern side of the Antarctic Plateau. It is north of Wright Upper Glacier and the Olympus Range, and west of Balham Valley, the Apocalypse Peaks, Barwick Valley, the Cruzen Range, and Clare Range. The head of the Mackay Glacier is to the north. Head Mountains . A group of mountains to the south of Gateway Nunatak and the head of Mackay Glacier Mackay Glacier () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robison Of San Francisco
Robison of San Francisco was a family-owned bird and animal importer, pet-supply producer, and retail pet shop that began operating during the California Gold Rush and endured until at least 1989. As the ''Saturday Evening Post'' put it in 1953, "from the turn of the century to the [19]20s the Robison store was the world center for the big-animal trade." In the early part of the 20th century Robison was a "clearinghouse for animals arriving on ships from Asia" but as late as 1968, Robison bought and sold "elephants, tigers, lions, and other big game animals for zoos, promotional work, and other use. They [would] stock your lake with Black swan, black swans, your park with Peafowl, peacocks, your aviary with quetzal." The Robisons sold pets to magnates like William Randolph Hearst, supplied "zebras, elephants and Bengal tigers" to Ringling Brothers and film director Cecil B. DeMille, Cecil DeMille, and provided "monkeys for pets and medical research," including those that Jonas Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robeson (other)
Robeson may refer to: *Robeson Channel *Robeson County, North Carolina *Robeson Township, Pennsylvania People with the surname *Eslanda Goode Robeson (1895–1965), wife and business manager of singer Paul Robeson * George M. Robeson (1829–1897), American politician and lawyer *Kenneth Robeson, house name used by Street and Smith Publications *Paul Robeson (1898–1976), American entertainer and activist * Paul Robeson, Jr. (1927–2014), his son, an author, archivist and historian See also *Robison (other) *Roberson (other) Roberson may refer to: *Roberson (surname) * Roberson Wine * Roberson de Arruda Alves, Brazilian footballer See also * Robersonville, NC * Robertson (other) * Robinson (other) * Robeson (other) * Stokes, NC Stokes is a ... {{disambiguation, geo, surname Patronymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
