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Rob Robinson (curler)
Robert Robinson may refer to: Politicians *Robert Robinson (Australian politician) (1811–1852), Australian politician * Robert Robinson (Canadian politician) (1826–1885), Canadian merchant and politician in New Brunswick * Robert E. Robinson (1947–1989), Savannah City Council member and attorney *Robert P. Robinson (Delaware politician) (1869–1939), American banker and politician, governor of Delaware * Robert P. Robinson (Wisconsin politician) (1884–1953), Wisconsin state senator *Robert Thomson Robinson (1867–1926), Australian politician Sportsmen * Robert Robinson (cricketer, born 1765) (1765–1822), English cricketer * Ginney Robinson (Robert Robinson) (fl. 1902–1911), American baseball player * Bob Robinson (American football) (fl. 1916), American football coach * Robert Robinson (footballer) (1906–1990), English association footballer * Bob Robinson (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1989), English football goalkeeper * Bob Robinson (Australian footballer) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (Australian Politician)
Robert Robinson (c.1811 – 14 May 1852) was a hotel-keeper and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia). Robinson was licensee of Commercial Hotel, Corio, from 1841. Mercer was elected to the district of Electoral district of Geelong (Victorian Legislative Council), Geelong in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council in October 1851. Robinson died on 14 May 1852, he was married to Elizabeth Mary, who survived him. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Robert 1810s births 1852 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (painter)
Robert Robinson may refer to: Politicians *Robert Robinson (Australian politician) (1811–1852), Australian politician * Robert Robinson (Canadian politician) (1826–1885), Canadian merchant and politician in New Brunswick * Robert E. Robinson (1947–1989), Savannah City Council member and attorney * Robert P. Robinson (Delaware politician) (1869–1939), American banker and politician, governor of Delaware * Robert P. Robinson (Wisconsin politician) (1884–1953), Wisconsin state senator * Robert Thomson Robinson (1867–1926), Australian politician Sportsmen * Robert Robinson (cricketer, born 1765) (1765–1822), English cricketer * Ginney Robinson (Robert Robinson) (fl. 1902–1911), American baseball player * Bob Robinson (American football) (fl. 1916), American football coach * Robert Robinson (footballer) (1906–1990), English association footballer * Bob Robinson (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1989), English football goalkeeper * Bob Robinson (Australian footballer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson Taylor
Robert Robinson Taylor (June 8, 1868 – December 13, 1942) was an American architect and educator. Taylor was the first African Americans, African-American student enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the first accredited African-American architect when he graduated in 1892.Weiss, EllenRobert Robinson Taylor Encyclopedia of Alabama He was an early and influential member of the Tuskegee Institute faculty. A native of Wilmington, North Carolina, Taylor remained in architectural practice in the American South for more than forty years. He was part of what was possibly the nation's first black architecture firm, Taylor and Persley, a partnership founded in July 1920 with Louis H. Persley. He designed many of the early buildings of the Tuskegee Institute, and at several other historically black colleges, Historically black colleges and universities. As second-in-command to Booker T. Washington, the Tuskegee Institute's founder, Taylor was instrumental in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Anthony Robinson
Robert Anthony Robinson OBE (1904–1979) was a New Zealand inorganic chemist, best known for his book ''Electrolyte solutions'', which has been a standard for decades. In 1949 he won the Hector Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand. Selected works * ''Electrolyte solutions, the measurement and interpretation of conductance, chemical potential, and diffusion in solutions of simple electrolytes'' R A Robinson and R H Stokes, 1955. London: Butterworths Scientific Publications * ''Electrolyte solutions, the measurement and interpretation of conductance, chemical potential, and diffusion in solutions of simple electrolytes'' R A Robinson and R H Stokes, 1970. Second edition London: Butterworths Scientific Publications * ''Electrolyte solutions, the measurement and interpretation of conductance, chemical potential, and diffusion in solutions of simple electrolytes'' R A Robinson and R H Stokes, 2002 Second edition References External links google scholar New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (Neighbours)
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the Network Ten soap opera ''Neighbours'' in 2006, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer Ric Pellizzeri. The 22nd season of ''Neighbours'' began airing on 9 January 2006. March saw the first birth of 2006, when Charlie Hoyland was born to the established Stephanie Scully and Max Hoyland. That same month saw Paul Robinson's sons Cameron and Robert arrive in town. October saw many arrivals; Rosetta Cammeniti, Will Griggs, Pepper Steiger, Frazer Yeats all arrived on the same day and moved into Ramsay Street. Criminal Guy Sykes came to see Katya Kinski and Kerry Mangel became the second child to be born that year. Pepper's mother, Christine Rodd, was introduced at the end of October and Glenn Forrest arrived in November. Charlie Hoyland Charlie Hoyland made his first screen appearance on 20 March 2006. He was originally played by Aaron Aulsebrook-Walker, until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (broadcaster)
Robert Henry Robinson (17 December 1927 – 12 August 2011) was an English radio and television presenter, game show host, journalist and author. He presented ''Ask the Family'' for many years on the BBC. Biography and career Robinson was born in Liverpool, England the son of an accountant father, and educated at Raynes Park Grammar School in south London and Exeter College, Oxford. He then became a journalist for the ''Sunday Chronicle'' (TV columnist), the ''Sunday Graphic'' (film and theatre columnist), the ''Sunday Times'' (radio critic and editor of ''Atticus'') and ''The Sunday Telegraph'' (film critic). He began working on television as a journalist in 1955. During the 1960s and 1970s, he presented the series '' Open House'', ''Picture Parade'', '' Points of View'', the leading literary quiz ''Take it or Leave it'', ''Ask the Family'', '' BBC-3'' – including the discussion during which Kenneth Tynan became the first person to say "fuck" on British televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (engineer)
Robert Nathaniel Robinson (June 22, 1906 – February 23, 1994) was a Jamaican-born toolmaker who worked in the auto industry in the United States. At the age of 23, he was recruited to work in the Soviet Union. Shortly after his arrival in Stalingrad, Robinson was racially assaulted by two white American workers, both of whom were subsequently arrested, tried and expelled from the Soviet Union with great publicity. Starting with a one-year contract to work in the Soviet Union, Robinson twice renewed his contract. After the publicity of his assault, he felt unable to return to the US and accepted Soviet citizenship. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering. His repeated attempts to visit outside the USSR finally resulted in an approved trip to Uganda in 1974, where he asked for and was given asylum. He married an African American professor working there. He finally gained re-entry to the United States in 1986, and gained attention for his accounts of his 44 years in the Sovie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert H
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (chemist)
Sir Robert Robinson (13 September 1886 – 8 February 1975) was a British organic chemist and Nobel laureate recognised in 1947 for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids. In 1947, he also received the Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm. Biography Early life He was born at Rufford House Farm, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire the son of James Bradbury Robinson, a maker of surgical dressings, and his wife, Jane Davenport. Robinson went to school at the Chesterfield Grammar School and the private Fulneck School. He then studied chemistry at the University of Manchester, graduating BSc in 1905. In 1907 he was awarded an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 to continue his research at the University of Manchester. He was appointed as the first Professor of Pure and Applied Organic Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney in 1912. He then took up the Chair in Organic Chemistry at the Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Spencer Robinson
Admiral Sir Robert Spencer Robinson, (6 January 1809 – 27 July 1889) was a British naval officer, who served as two five-year terms as Controller of the Navy from February 1861 to February 1871, and was therefore responsible for the procurement of warships at a time when the Royal Navy was changing over from unarmoured wooden ships to ironclads. As a result of the ''Captain'' disaster, Robinson was not given a third term as Controller. Robinson has been "described as having one of the best brains of any Victorian admiral". Personal life He was born at Welford Park, Berkshire, the son of Sir John Freind Robinson, 1st Baronet (1754–1832), Archdeacon of Armagh, who had changed the family surname from Freind to Robinson in 1793. On 10 May 1841, he married Clementina, daughter of Admiral Sir John Louis. Early naval career Robinson entered the Navy on 6 December 1821. He was promoted to lieutenant on 27 September 1830, and from 5 May 1831 until 1834 served as lieutenant in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (Baptist)
Robert Robinson (27 September 1735 – 9 June 1790) was an English Dissenter, influential Baptist and scholar who made a lifelong study of the antiquity and history of Christian Baptism. He authored many published works in his lifetime, his work on baptism, ''History of Baptism and Baptists'', appearing the year of his death. His many written works have been collected, and include ''Arcana, or the Principles of the Late Petitioners to Parliament for Relief in the Matter of Subscription'' (1774), and ''A Plea for the Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ in a Pastoral Letter to a Congregation of Protestant Dissenters at Cambridge'' (1776). He was also author of the hymns, '' Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing'' (1758), which he wrote at age 22 after converting to Methodism, and ''Mighty God, While Angels Bless Thee'' (1774) which was set to music by organist John Randall of Cambridge University. Early life Robert Robinson was born in Swaffham in Norfolk, on 27 September 1735, to Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
