Robinson
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Robinson may refer to:
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[edit] People
Main article: Robinson (name)
[edit] Places
- United States
- Robinson, California
- Robinson, Illinois
- Robinson, Iowa
- Robinson, Kansas
- Robinson, North Dakota
- Robinson, Texas
- Robinson Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation), two townships in the Pittsburgh Metro Area with the same name
- United Kingdom
- Robinson (Lake District), a hill in England's Lake District
- Robinson College, Cambridge, a college in England's University of Cambridge
[edit] Fictional characters
- Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719
[edit] Ships
- USS Robinson, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
- USS Jack C. Robinson (DE-671), a United States Navy destroyer escort converted during construction into the high-speed transport USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72)
- USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72), a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946
[edit] Businesses, Products, and Manufacturers
- Robinson Helicopter, a rotorcraft manufacturer.
- Robinson Knives, a series of folding knives produced by FACOSA S.A. Coutellerie, La Monnerie-le-Montel, Arrondissement de Thiers, France.
- Robinson Terminal Warehouse Corporation, a warehouse company based in Alexandria, Virginia, that owns warehouses in Virginia and Maryland and two deep-water shipping terminals on the Potomac River.
- E. S. & A. Robinson, former paper and packaging manufacturer in in Bristol, England.
[edit] Other uses
- Expedition: Robinson, the first worldwide production of the 'Robinson/Survivor' format
- Robinson & Co., a department store chain in Singapore and Malaysia, joint venture in Thailand with Central Group
- H.B. Robinson Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant in the U.S. state of South Carolina
- "Mrs. Robinson", a song by Simon and Garfunkel from 1968, featured in the film The Graduate
- Robinson (horse), a horse that competed in Grand Prix show jumping
- Robinson list, a list that contains addresses or phone numbers of people who do not want to be contacted by marketers
- Robinson (novel), by Muriel Spark
- Robinson-Patman Act, a U.S. law that prohibits anti-competitive practices by producers and specifically price discrimination.
- The Swiss Family Robinson, a novel published in 1812, about a Swiss family, shipwrecked on the way to Australia
- Robinson projection, a map projection popularly used since the 1960s to show the entire world at once
- I Robinson, the title used in Italy for The Cosby Show
- Robinson annulation, a chemical name reaction
- Robinson (artist), the German Illustrator Werner Kruse
- "Robinson", a #1 hit song by Japanese rock band Spitz
[edit] See also
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