Derek Robinson may refer to:
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Derek Robinson (novelist)
Derek Robinson (born 12 April 1932) is a British author best known for his military aviation novels full of black humour. He has also written several books on some of the more sordid events in the history of Bristol, his home town, as well as g ...
(born 1932), British novelist
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Derek Robinson (trade unionist)
Derek Robinson (1927–2017) was a British trade unionist. Formerly a convenor and shop steward within car manufacturer British Leyland for much of the 1970s, he was commonly known as "Red Robbo" in the British press.
Career
Robinson was bor ...
(1927–2017), known as "Red Robbo," British trade union spokesman
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Derek Robinson (physicist)
Derek Charles Robinson FRS (27 May 1941 – 2 December 2002) was a physicist who worked in the UK fusion power program for most of his professional career. Studying turbulence in the UK's ZETA reactor, he helped develop the reversed field pinch c ...
(1941–2002), fusion scientist and director of the Culham Science Center
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Derek Robinson (sport shooter)
Derek J. Robinson (born 31 July 1931) is a British former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre rifle, three positions event at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known ...
(born 1931), British Olympic shooter
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Derek W. Robinson
Derek William Robinson (25 June 1935 – 31 August 2021) was a British-Australian theoretical mathematician and physicist. He was a researcher at the Australian National University.
Early life
Derek W. Robinson was born in southern England. ...
(1935–2021), British-Australian theoretical mathematician and physicist
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