| LC control no. | no 99022121 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Robinson, Phil, 1847-1902 |
| Variant(s) | Robinson, Philip Stewart, 1847-1902 |
| Birth date | 1847-10-13 |
| Death date | 1902-12-09 |
| Place of birth | Chunar (India) |
| Field of activity | Anglo-Indian literature |
| Profession or occupation | Naturalists Journalists |
| Found in | OCLC#6825899: Sinners and saints, 1883 (hdg.: Robinson, Philip Stewart, 1847-1902; usage: Phil Robinson) LC database, Mar. 29, 1999 (hdg.: Robinson, Philip Stewart, 1847-1902) NUC pre-56 (hdg.: Robinson, Philip Stewart, 1847-1902; usage: Phil Robinson) Harpers, 1883: page 705 (Saunterings in Utah, by Phil Robinson) Wikipedia, June 1, 2016 (Philip Stewart Robinson; Philip Stewart Robinson (13 October 1847- 9 December 1902), most often just known as Phil Robinson, was an Indian born British naturalist, journalist and popular author who popularized the genre of humorous Anglo-Indian literature; Phil was a brother of Edward Kay Robinson who was famous for nurturing Rudyard Kipling and founding the British Naturalists' Association; Phil was born at Chunar in India and was one of six children of Julian Robinson, an army chaplain and editor of the newspaper Pioneer, and Harriet Woodcocke; Phil was educated at Marlborough College and after graduating in 1865 worked as a librarian at Cardiff; in 1869 he returned to India to assist his father at the Pioneer; he edited several other publications and in 1873 he joined Allahabad College as a professor of literature; Robinson was also appointed a Supreme Governor of Censor to the vernacular press in India; retiring in 1877 he returned to England to work for the Daily Telegraph, serving as a reporter during the second Afghan campaign and the Zulu war; he was dismissed from the Sunday Times in May 1891 after he published a piece on the Prince of Wales' finances; he also worked with the Daily Chronicle and then the Pall Mall Gazette; he was a member of the Savage Club and appointed fourteen of its members into The Sunday Times after becoming its editor; he published several books on life in India that were written in a humorous tone) |
| Associated language | eng |
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