Nicholas Robinson (historian)

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Nicholas Kenneth Robinson (born 9 February 1946)[1][2] is an Irish author, historian, solicitor and cartoonist.[3] He is the husband of Mary Robinson, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, where he took a degree in Law.

Over the past three decades, has helped establish numerous bodies, among them the Irish Architectural Archive (with Edward McParland), the Birr Scientific and Heritage Foundation, the Irish Landmark Trust (of which he a Trustee, ex officio President & Patron) [4] and (with his wife Mary) the Irish Centre for European Law at Trinity College.[5]

With his wife Mary, he has one daughter and two sons, and four grandchildren.

Works

His books include:

  • Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland with the Knight of Glin and David Griffin
  • Edmund Burke: a Life in Caricature (Yale, 1996).

References

  1. ^ Robinson, Mary (2013). Everybody Matters: My Life Giving Voice. New York: Walker Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-8027-7964-9.
  2. ^ Mr Nicholas Kenneth Robinson Companies in the UK. Retrieved: 2014-02-21.
  3. ^ Library Journal, quoted at National Library Board of Singapore website/
  4. ^ Trustees - Irish Landmark Trust Archived October 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Our Board - Mary Robinson - Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative[dead link]

Sources

  • Olivia O'Leary & Helen Burke, Mary Robinson: The Authorised Biography, Lir/Hodder & Stoughton, 1998 (ISBN 0-340-71738-6)