W. Andrew Robinson

Andrew Robinson

Andrew Robinson at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Andrew Robinson delivering a talk on the history of India at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in 2014.
Born 1957
England
Occupation Writer
Nationality British
Ethnicity English
Citizenship United Kingdom
Education Dragon School
Eton College
Alma mater University College, Oxford
School of Oriental and African Studies
Notable works Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye (1989), The Art of Rabindranath Tagore (1989), The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris (2002), The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young (2006), The Story of Measurement (2007), Writing and Script (2009).

(William) Andrew Coulthard Robinson (born 1957) is a British author[1][2] and former newspaper editor.[3]

Andrew Robinson was educated at the Dragon School, Eton College where he was a King's Scholar, University College, Oxford where he read Chemistry and finally the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is the son of Neville Robinson, an Oxford physicist, and Daphne Robinson.

Robinson first visited India in 1975, and has been involved with the country's culture ever since. He has authored many books and articles, the most recent being India: A Short History (Thames & Hudson, 2014). Until 2006, he was the Literary Editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge.[4] He is based in London and is now a full-time writer.

Selected books

References

  1. Andrew Robinson (1), LibraryThing.
  2. Books by Andrew Robinson, Alibris.
  3. 1 2 Mark Twaite, Interview with Andrew Robinson, The Book Depository, 2009.
  4. Anna Jones, Cambridge Festival of Ideas podcast, News, Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK, 23 October 2009.
  5. Andrew Robinson, Mughal dance of the seven veils that wasn't and other tales unravelled from a rich and royal material past. Times Higher Education Supplement, 26 November 1999.
  6. Juliet Gardiner, Maharaja: The Spectacular Heritage of Princely India. History Today, 1 October 2009.
  7. Salman Rushdie, Homage to Satyajit Ray. London Review of Books, 12(5):9, 8 March 1990.
  8. Andrew Robinson, Foreign fields with inspiring corners. Times Higher Education Supplement, 5 October 2001.
  9. Andrew Robinson, No crystal ball for natural disasters. Nature, 463:160, 14 January 2010. doi:10.1038/463160a.
  10. All shook up. Physics World, 2 January 2007.
  11. C. A. Bayly, Under Western eyes. Times Literary Supplement, 1997.
  12. Andrew Robinson, Andrew Robinson on the story of writing. The Times, 29 September 2007.
  13. Torsten Meissen, Some mysteries undeciphered. Times Literary Supplement, 2002.
  14. Jane Jakeman, Man Who Deciphered Linear B, by Andrew Robinson — The decoding of a fascinating human story, The Independent, 24 April 2002.
  15. Andrew Robinson, Silent letters from the past. Times Higher Education Supplement, 24 May 2002.
  16. James McConnachie, Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts by Andrew Robinson. The Sunday Times, 8 March 2009.
  17. Andrew Robinson, Decoding antiquity: Eight scripts that still can't be read. New Scientist, 27 May 2009.
  18. Andrew Robinson, Ray of light still shines in the dark — The author Andrew Robinson recalls his meetings with the film director Satyajit Ray, one of the giants of world cinema. The Times, 18 August 2005.
  19. Patrick Moore, Review of Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity, The Sky at Night, BBC.
  20. Andrew Robinson, Einstein on and off the soapbox. New Scientist, issue 2599, 14 April 2007.
  21. P. D. Smith, Reluctant polymath, book review, The Guardian, 20 January 2007.
  22. Michael Sims, Book Review: Scientist Young, international man of mystery, Los Angeles Times, 7 February 2007.
  23. David Weatherall, Thomas Young: a medical polymath. The Lancet, 369(9560):455–456, 10 February 2007. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60216-5.
  24. Stuart Hannabuss, The Story of Measurement — Review, Library Review, 57(7):557–558, 2008. Emerald Group Publishing.
  25. Jens Vigen, Summer bookshelf — The story of measurement. CERN Courier, 8 July 2008.
  26. Eileen Magnello, Plus or Minus. Times Literary Supplement, 13 June 2008.
  27. Steven Poole, Writing and Script by Andrew Robinson. The Guardian, 19 September 2009.
  28. Greg Neale, "Book reviews: Writing and Script". Oxford Today, 22(2):37, 2010.
  29. Morton, Brian (12 May 2012). "Cracking The Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life Of Jean-François Champollion, By Andrew Robinson". The Independent. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

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