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	William Heath Robinson Biography
		William Heath Robinson was the younger brother of Charles and Thomas Heath Robinson.
		Heath Robinson, having studied art at the Islington School of Art and sporadically at the Painting Schools of the Royal Academy, truly wished to make a living as a landscape painter.
		Robinson was capable of fancy, but fantasy itself seems to have been a stretch for him.
	www.bpib.com /illustrat/whrobin.htm (1561 words)

	W. Heath Robinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Collection of W. Heath Robinson's "Railway Ribaldry", originally published at the request of the Great Western Railway who were celebrating their centenary in 1935.
		William Heath Robinson (May 31, 1872–September 13, 1944) was an English cartoonist and illustrator, who signed himself W.
		Robinson's cartoons were so popular, that even to this day in Britain, the name "Heath Robinson" is used as shorthand for an improbable, rickety machine barely kept going by incessant tinkering.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heath_Robinson (452 words)

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		William Heath Robinson's grandfather, uncle and father worked in the printing trade, either drawing or preparing engravings for publication.
		William studied at the Islington School of Art in London and also at the painting schools of the Royal Academy of Art for short periods.
		Heath Robinson's work was published in weekly magazines where he soon gained a reputation for creating humorous drawings of mechanical processes — the simpler the task, the more complicated and redundant the machinery.
	members.lycos.co.uk /persimmongrove/Grape/Heath/HeathRob.html (247 words)

	Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935)
		Robinson was very sensitive to the sound of words and complained of not liking his name because it sounded like a tin can being kicked down the stairs.
		Robinson is one of America's greatest practitioners of the sonnet and the dramatic monologue.
		Critics have pointed out that Robinson is a descendant of Anne Bradstreet, and in their deceptively plain style and solitary careers they make an interesting comparison.
	www.georgetown.edu /faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/robinson.html (788 words)

	Robinson
		His older brother, Thomas Heath Robinson, was an illustrator as was William Heath Robinson, his younger brother.
		Robinson's grandfather had made a living by engraving the drawings of other artists onto wood so that the resulting blocks could be incorporated with the metal type to be inked and pressed against paper to make multiple copies of newspapers, magazines and books.
		Charles Robinson was obviously enthralled with the idea of the "gift book." Rather than drawing and painting pictures to put alongside an author's text, Robinson approached the task as creating a book that was a gift - with the illustrated equivilent of colorful wrappings and shiny ribbons.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/R/RobinsonRR/Robinson.htm (1206 words)

	Heath Robinson
		Heath Robinson, (1872-1944), British cartoonist and illustrator, who signed himself W. Heath Robinson.
		Robinson's cartoons were so popular, that even to this day in Britain, the name "Heath Robinson" is applied as a shorthand for an improbable, rickety machine barely kept going by incessant tinkering.
		One of the machines built at Bletchley Park during World War II to assist in the decryption of the German Enigma codes was named `Heath Robinson' in his honour.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/he/Heath_Robinson.html (291 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - William Heath Robinson - Artist and Illustrator
		William Heath Robinson was born into an artistic family in Stroud Green, North London, in 1872.
		In the illustrations Heath Robinson expressed some reminders of his classical training, but there was always an element of fancy.
		However, even though Heath Robinson acknowledged the recognition of these little essays in humorous invention, he would have liked to have been recognised for his fine art and coloured illustration.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A963434 (883 words)

	Heath Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Heath Robinson 1067871213 1067986800 London Gran Bretagna Isabel Evans http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk info@dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk 1067871213.jpg 1074466799 o Dulwich Picture Gallery Heath Robinson In the 1930s William Heath Robinson (1872 - 1944) was known as "The Gadget King" and he is still most widely remembered for his wonderful humorous drawings.
		The Trust was established to conserve and exhibit the works of William Heath Robinson made by his daughter, Joan Brinsmead and is working with the Pinner Association and Harrow Council to raise funds for a Heath Robinson museum in Pinner.
		A Trustee of the William Heath Robinson Trust, Geoffrey Beare is also Chairman of the Imaginative Book Illustration Society (IBIS) and an authority on the work of William Heath Robinson, which he has been collecting since 1971.
	www.undo.net /artinpress/1067986800.1067871213.html (484 words)

	The William Heath Robinson Trust
		In the 1930s Heath Robinson was known as "The Gadget King" and he is still most widely remembered for his wonderful humorous drawings.
		The young Heath Robinson, who had just become the father of a baby girl, had quickly to find a new source of income.
		His importance, as an innovator in the fields of illustration and advertising, and perhaps more importantly as the heir of Rowlandson and Cruikshank in the British humorous tradition, has yet to be fully appreciated, and his work is poorly represented in public collections.
	www.heathrobinson.org /about.htm (337 words)

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		The William Heath Robinson Trust has been established to conserve and exhibit the collection of the works of William Heath Robinson made by his daughter, Joan Brinsmead.
		Heath Robinson lived in Pinner for a number of years and did much of his best work there, so it would be a fitting home for the collection.
		To mark the 50th anniversary of Heath Robinson's death in September 1994, the Trustees mounted an inaugural exhibition of the Trust's collection in Christie's premises in King St, St James's.
	www.heathrobinson.org (411 words)

	BBC - History - William Heath Robinson (1872 - 1944)
		As a child Robinson had a vivid imagination, indulging in pantomimes and other games of make believe.
		However, the artist was not pleased to be pigeonholed as simply a cartoonist, particularly as this categorisation intensified in the public's mind - he took his other work just as seriously, and wanted to extend his repertoire further.
		During World War One, Heath Robinson produced many gently satirical cartoons, which proved popular with officers and soldiers alike, many of whom wrote to him, suggesting ways of dealing with the Germans.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/robinson_william_heath.shtml (386 words)

	Charles Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Charles Robinson was born on June 25th in 1870.
		Robinson's father illustrated with this engraving process in mind, knowing that his original art would never be seen as he had painted it.
		Charles Robinson's two brothers, Thomas Heath Robinson and William Heath Robinson, were very well-known illustrators in their day.
	www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org /brthpage/06jun/625robi.html (202 words)

	It's All A Bit Heath Robinson At Dulwich Picture Gallery - London City Guide news
		William Heath Robinson’s comical scenes of lively revelry, bizarre contraptions and wacky cartoons earned him a place in the English dictionary.
		William Heath Robinson was a household name in post WWI Britain.
		For decades Robinson was ranked alongside Arthur Rackham and Aubrey Beardsley, as one of Britain’s foremost literary illustrators.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /london/news/ART18617.html?ixsid= (779 words)

	The Heath Robinson Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		William Heath Robinson's parents were Thomas Robinson (1838-1902) and Eliza Heath (1849-1921).
		William Heath Robinson is also related to the Brinsmeads through his marriage, in 1903 to Josephine Latey, the daughter of John Latey (1842-1902).
		The William Heath Robinson trust has entered into a partnership with the Pinner Association to promote the restoration of West House, Pinner to be used as a museum for his work.
	www.brinsmead.net /HeathRob.htm (354 words)

	Heath Robinson Exhibition \| Walker Art Gallery
		Heath Robinson looks at different aspects of the artist's talents - from delightful children's book illustrations to drawings of crazy machines.
		Robinson created inimitable illustrations for poetry by Poe and Kipling, Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Midsummer Night's Dream, de la Mare's Peacock Pie, The Water Babies and Perrault's Fairy Tales.
		The exhibition has been organised in collaboration with the William Heath Robinson Trust - most of the artworks are from the Trust's collection.
	www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk /walker/exhibitions/heathrobinson (280 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: William Heath Robinson: Books: James Hamilton,William Heath Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) dreamed of a romantic life as an itinerant landscape painter.
		Although his name is now synonymous with any complicated, ramshackle mechanical apparatus for doing something relatively simple, the true Heath Robinson contraption was thought out with a child's solemn logic, executed with a craftsman's care, and accompanied by the ultimate in deadpan captions.
		In this first full account of William Heath Robinson's life and work, James Hamilton draws on the Robinson family archives to explore the personality of this convivial family man and deeply serious artist.
	www.amazon.co.uk /William-Heath-Robinson-James-Hamilton/dp/1857936043 (316 words)

	Home - The Pinner Association
		The Project - This bold and exciting project is raising funds to restore West House and build a museum to display the works of Heath Robinson together with an art gallery - Harrow's first.
		Heath Robinson - the artist - Famous as the "Gadget King" because of his cartoons depicting complicated machinery to do simple tasks, Heath Robinson was also a talented artist producing enchanting pictures to illustrate children's and other stories.
		William Heath Robinson Trust - Owner of nearly 500 items of works by Heath Robinson, looking for a home for them, where they can be seen by the public.
	www.heathrobinson.net (177 words)

	Charles Robinson Biography
		Charles Robinson represents the struggle within me for preference of media.
		His older brother, Thomas Heath Robinson, was an illustrator as was
		Below is A Bit of Jade, an 12"x11" watercolor that was submitted and exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colours (the RI, to which he was elected in 1932).
	www.bpib.com /illustrat/robinson.htm (1318 words)

	William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The illustrator and inventor of the epynomous machines W. Heath Robinson was born in London into an artistic family - his father was the illustrator and engraver Thomas Robinson, and his older brother was the prolific illustrator and painter Charles Robinson RI.
		Heath Robinson started his artistic pursuits by drawing in the British Museum, then spent three years in the Royal Academy Schools - time wasted in his own opinion - and then became a book illustrator.
		The contraptions designed by Heath Robinson still surface in art galleries and other venues.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /speel/illus/whrbnsn.htm (166 words)

	Comic creator: William Heath Robinson
		William Heath Robinson, who signed his work W. Heath Robinson, studied art at the Islington School of Art.
		Robinson's source of income came from weekly magazines like The Tattler, The Bystander and The Sketch.
		Robinson's autobiography, 'My Line of Life', was published in 1938.
	www.lambiek.net /artists/r/robinson_william.htm (163 words)

	William Heath (1795 - 1840) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		William Heath, All Among the Hottentots, 18th - 19th century
		William Heath, The Pillar of the State, 18th - 19th century
		William Heath, The martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies; from 1799 to 1815 (London: J]ame]s Jenkins, [1814-15]), 1814 - 1815
	www.wwar.com /masters/h/heath-william.html (901 words)

	Robinson Coat of Arms, Family Crest
		Robinson is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin.
		First found in Yorkshire, where a John Richard Robunson was on record in 1324 in the Court Rolls of the manor of Wakefield, and a Thomas Robynson was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax returns of 1379.
		Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: John Robinson, who immigrated to Virginia in 1606; Isaac and Bridget Robinson, who arrived in Plymouth in 1629; Alister, Charles, James, and Daniel Robinson, who all settled in Boston in 1651.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp/sId./s.Robinson/email.yes/qx/coatofarms_details.htm (1170 words)

	Heath Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Heath William Robinson - the younger brother of the illustrator Charles Robinson - was born in London.
		Uncle Lubin was sort of cornerstone for Robinson for it was the first book in which the pictures were not influenced by any other artist.
		Yet then he sort of moved into a new direction and developed his own style which was rather flat and comic-like.
	www.sweb.cz /smeagol/heath_robinson.htm (266 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Art of William Heath Robinson: Books: Geoffrey Beare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This beautiful book will come as something of a shock to those who know Heath Robinson only for his comic "gadget" drawings.
		Originally published to accompany an exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery, it clearly displays Heath Robinson's accomplishments and versatility as a serious artist and illustrator.
		Whether depicting the bawdy nightmares of Rabelais, the romance of Hans Andersen's tales or the magic of A Midsummer Night's Dream, he comes up with a novel and appropriate style for each set of illustrations.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Art-William-Heath-Robinson/dp/1898519234 (424 words)

	Questions & Answers: Heath Robinson
		His enduring fame, and the reason why his name entered the language during his lifetime, was a result of the other side of his work— comic drawings.
		The typical Heath Robinson creation was of some machine for carrying out a whimsical purpose, such as one to train cat burglars, or stretch spaghetti, or put square pegs into round holes.
		Something Heath Robinson, meaning a device that was simultaneously absurdly ingenious and impracticable, became services slang during the First World War, as a result of a series of cartoons in which he mocked the enemy (such as harnessing the German army to a goose to teach it to goose-step).
	www.worldwidewords.org /qa/qa-hea4.htm (396 words)

	Robinson Family Crest by Houseofnames.com
		We have researched the Robinson family crest in the most recognized sources of coats of arms.
		In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded Coat-of-Arms was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
		In the Robinson coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.familycrest_details/s.Robinson/Robinson_family_Crest/Robinson_coat_of_arms/qx/Robinson.htm (688 words)

	THE WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON TRUST
		The collection, which comprises nearly 500 items of Heath Robinson's original artwork, together with copies of books he illustrated and examples of his advertising work, spans 40 years and covers all aspects of his work.
		The Trust is actively supporting the West House and Heath Robinson Museum Trust and is looking forward to the restoration of West House to provide a long-term home for the collection where it can be put on public display.
		HEATH ROBINSON AND WEST HOUSE \| WEST HOUSE \| THE PROJECT \| HEATH ROBINSON
	www.pinnerassociation.co.uk /hr/page6.html (152 words)

	UW Press: Search Books in Print (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the 1930s, William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) was known as "the gadget king" and he is still most widely remembered for his wonderfully humorous drawings and illustrations of highly ingenious contraptions.
		Robinson's ambition was to become a landscape painter but he was forced to follow his brothers into book illustration, where his reputation was rapidly established.
		Geoffrey Beare is chairman of the Imaginative Book Illustration Society and an authority on the work of William Heath Robinson.
	www.washington.edu /uwpress/search/books/BEAHEA.html (171 words)

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