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Robinson, Fred Ernest – Robinson, John Buchanan

Robinson, Fred Ernest

poet, was born Feb. 22, 1865, in Cato, Wis. He is the author of a number of poems.

Robinson, George

lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 1, 1835, in Hubbardston, Mass. For many years he was judge of the district court of East Hampton, Mass.

Robinson, Harry Perry

littérateur, author, was born in 1860 in East Indies. He is an English writer, resident in the United States from 1883, and now living in Chicago. He is a brother of Philip Robinson, the English writer. He is the author of Men Born Equal, a novel; and monographs on railway topics.

Robinson, Henry Cornelius

lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 28, 1832, in Hartford, Conn. He has been mayor of his native city; a representative in the Connecticut state legislature; and a member of the state constitutional convention.

Robinson, Horatio Nelson

educator, mathematician, author, was born Jan. 1, 1806, in Hartwick, N. Y.

He was a mathematician and educator of Cincinnati, Ohio, after 1854 a resident of Eldridge, N. Y. He was the author of University Algebra; Mathematical Recreations; Treatise on Surveying and Navigation; Treatise on Astronomy; and Analytical Geometry and Conic Sections He died Jan. 19, 1867, in Eldridge, N. Y.

Robinson, J. F

governor. He was governor of Kentucky from 1861 to 1863.

Robinson, James C

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1822 in Edgar county, Ill. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the thirty-sixth congress, and was re-elected to the thirtyseventh and thirty-eighth congresses. He was elected to the forty-second and fortythird congresses as a democrat.

Robinson, James Hervey

state legislator, was born Jan. 31, 1802, in Morristown, N. J. He was chosen a member of the New Jersey legislature in 1840, and again in 1842, serving two terms, with credit to himself and to his constituency. a

Robinson, James Sidney

soldier, journalist, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 14, 1827, near Mansfield, Ohio. In 1856 he was elected chief clerk of the Ohio house of representatives, and served two terms. He enlisted in the union army in 1861 and served throughout the war, rising to the rank of brigadier-general and brevet major-general. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a republican.

Robinson, James W

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 28, 1826, in Union county, Ohio. He was elected to the Ohio legislature in 1858, 1860, and 1864; and was elected to the fortythird congress.

Robinson, John

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 8, 1768, in Cabarrus county, N. C. He was the author of a work entitled Eulogy on Washington. He died Dec. 14, 1843.

Robinson, John Buchanan

naval officer, journalist, congressman, was born May 23, 1846, in Allegheny City. He is at present proprietor of the Media Ledger and is the largest stockholder in the West Chester Publishing company, West Chester, Pa. He was elected to the state legislature, lower house, 1884; re-elected in 1886; was elected to the state senate in 1889; and elected to the fifty-second congress in 1890. He was re-elected to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses as a republican.