Charles Napier Robinson

Charles Napier Robinson (27 January 1849 – 14 September 1936) was an English journalist and story writer. After a career in the Royal Navy, during which he achieved the rank of Commander,[1] he became a journalist, specialising in naval matters.[2]

He was a founder of the Society for Nautical Research, and a member of its Publications Committee from its establishment until his death.[1]

His daughter Marjorie (1898–1984) married Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Obituary". The Mariner's Mirror 23: 5. 1937. doi:10.1080/00253359.1937.10657216.
  2. ‘ROBINSON, Charles Napier’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 19 Aug 2014
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