Jump to content

Charles Alexander Robinson Jr.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by KasparBot (talk | contribs) at 22:54, 1 June 2016 (migrating Persondata to Wikidata, please help, see challenges for this article). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Charles A. Robinson, Jr.
Born(1900-03-30)March 30, 1900
DiedFebruary 23, 1965(1965-02-23) (aged 64)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University
Spouse
Celia Sachs
(m. 1927)
Scientific career
FieldsClassical studies
InstitutionsBrown University

Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. (March 30, 1900 – February 23, 1965) was an American classical scholar. The son of Princeton classics professor Charles A. Robinson, he graduated from Princeton in 1922. He spent post-graduate years at the American Academy in Rome, where he met Celia Sachs, daughter of art historian Paul J. Sachs. Robinson later became a professor at Brown University. Some of his books are: Alexander the Great, Ancient History 1967 (used as a textbook in many colleges for some time), The Spring of Civilization, Athens in the Age of Pericles, and Hellenic History, which he wrote with G. W. Botsford.[1]

The Charles A. Robinson Memorial Trophy is an award given by Brown University to the ice hockey letterman attaining the highest academic average for his first seven semesters. It has been presented annually since its inception in 1966.[2]

References