Person
Robinson, Herbert Edward (1857? - 1933)
- Born
- 1857?
Winchester, Hampshire, England - Died
- 17 January 1933
Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Map publisher
Summary
Herbert Robinson was the founder of H.E.C. Robinson Ltd, which became a subsidiary of Angus & Robertson in 1959. He was a friend and technical collaborator of Sir Edgeworth David and helped to produce David's monumental large-scale "Geological Map of the Commonwealth of Australia" in 1932.
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Chronology
- 6 January 1858
- Life event - Baptised
- c. 1863
- Life event - Arrived in Australia (New South Wales?)
- c. 1879
- Career position - Draughtsman in the Public Service
- 1882 - 1888
- Career position - Higinbotham, Robinson & Harrison established
- 1885
- Career position - Founder of the (Royal) Geographical Society of Australasia
- c. 1889 - c. 1894
- Career position - Contract Draughtsman with the Department of Mines
- 1895
- Career position - Map-publishing business established
- 1917
- Career position - H.E.C. Robinson Ltd officially incorporated
- 1923
- Career position - Delegate to the 1923 Sydney Regional Plan Convention
- 1925
- Career position - Premier Street Guide company bought out
Published resources
Book Sections
- Walsh, G. P., 'Robinson, Herbert Edward Cooper (1857?-1933), map publisher' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 425-426, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/robinson-herbert-edward-cooper-1320. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539026. Details
- 'Robinson, Herbert Edward Cooper (1857-19330117)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469196. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 9 March 2018