Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Robinson, Lawrence, Blessed Martyr , died London, 1582. He was of an ancient family of County Lancaster, England , celebrated for its devotion to the Faith. Educated at Oxford, he studied for the priesthood at Douai, and was ordained, 1577. He was sent to England , where he was arrested, 1581, accused of complicity in … Continue reading “Robinson, Lawrence, Blessed”

Robinson, Jonathan N. a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., Sept. 27, 1816. He joined the Church April 10, 1838, was licensed to preach March 14, 1840, and after a course of preparatory study was received on trial in the New York Conference, June 16, 1844. He … Continue reading “Robinson, Jonathan N.”

Robinson, John (3), D.D. a Presbyterian minister, was born in Mecklenburg County, N.C., Jan. 8, 1768. His college course was pursued at Winnsborough, S.C. He studied under the care of the Orange Presbytery, was licensed to preach April 4, 1793, and was by the presbytery directed to visit Dupin County, where he remained seven years. … Continue reading “Robinson, John (4), D.D.”

Robinson, John (1) pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers of New England, was born in 1575. The Independents, as they were called, had their origin in a protest, not against popish intolerance and persecution, but against Protestant usurpation and bigotry connected with a persecution equal in atrocity to the darkest period of papal domination; not in … Continue reading “Robinson, John (5)”

Robinson, Isaac, D.D. a Congregational minister, was born at Hudson, N.H., in August 1779. Having studied under his own minister, he commenced a course of classical and theological study with Rev. Reed Paige, of Hancock. He received a call to become pastor of the Church in Stoddard, Aug. 30, 1802, and, having accepted it, was … Continue reading “Robinson, Isaac, D.D.”

Robinson, Hugh, D.D. an English clergyman, was born in St. Mary’s parish, in the county of Anglesea. He was educated at Winchester School, was admitted a probationer fellow of New College, Oxford, in 1603, and perpetual fellow in 1605. He completed his master’s degree in 1611, and about three years after became chief master of … Continue reading “Robinson, Hugh, D.D.”

Robinson, Hastings, D.D. an English clergyman, was born in 1793, graduated at Cambridge as sixteenth wrangler in 1815, and Was fellow of St. John’s College from 1816 to 1827. He then took the college living of Great Warley, Essex. In 1821 he was appointed assistant tutor of his college, in 1823 Whitehall preacher, and in … Continue reading “Robinson, Hastings, D.D.”

Robinson, George Marshall a Baptist minister, was born in Buckfield, Me., July 13, 1821. He was a graduate of Waterville College in the class of 1850. He studied theology at Newton, and was ordained pastor of the Church in Sidney, Me., in the summer of 1853. On leaving Sidney in 1854, he preached in several … Continue reading “Robinson, George Marshall”

Robinson, George Frederick Samuel Born in London, England on 24 October 1827; died on 9 July 1909. He succeeded his father as Earl of Ripon in 1859, and the same year became Secretary of War. During the next half century he was a member of every Liberal cabinet. Chairman of the commission which settled the … Continue reading “Robinson, George Frederick Samuel”

Robinson, George C. a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Hartwick, near Cooperstown, N.Y., Aug. 9, 1833, and was educated first at the village academy in Wellsboro, Pa.; next at Lima, N.Y.; and finally graduated with distinction at Yale College in 1856. He then studied at the Union Theological Seminary, New York, till the spring … Continue reading “Robinson, George C.”