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ROBERTS, GEORGE W.
Surgeon; b. Underhill, Vt., 1866; s. George W. and Esther A. (Graves) Roberts; grad. Univ. of Vt., Bur- lington, Vt., Ph.B., 1887; N. Y. Homœ. Med. Coll and
Hosp., MJD., 1889; post-grad. work one year In various European univs. and hosps .; m. Boston, 1890, Emma Robinson; one son, C. Kingsley, b. 1893. Has prac- tised inedleinc in N. Y. City since 1890; exelusive spe- cialist in surgery and gynecology for past 15 years. Republican. Mem. numerous med. societies, local, State and Nat. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta. Recreations: Travel, automobiling. Clubs: University, Manhattan, N. Y. Athletie. Address: 170 W. 59th St., N. Y. City.
ROBERTS, HARVEY E.
Underwriter and journalist; b. Eldridge, N. Y., May 25, 1861; ed. in publie schools. Was for eight years employed with Marshall Field & Co., leading mer- chants of Chicago, then entered insurance journalism, beeoming for four years mg'r N. Y. office of the In- vestigator, of Chicago, then for a year business my'r Philadelphia Insurance Advocate; bought half in- terest in The Surveyor, N. Y. City, afterward pub- lished and edited by firm of Hall & Roberts; with In- terstate Life Ins. Co., of Indianapolis, 1903, and became its seeond v .- p., but resigned 1906 and entered gen. ins. business in N. Y. City as the II. E. Roberts Co .; also editor and publisher of the Insurance Advocate. Address: 55 John St., N. Y. City.
ROBERTS, INA BREVOORT
Author; b. Yonkers, N .Y., May 21, 1874; d. Willard and Fannie J. (Hawkins) Deane; ed. Maplewood Inst., Coneordville, Pa .; Cherry Street Grammar Seh., Eliza- beth, N. J .; Newark High Sch., Newark, N. J .; m. N. Y. City, Aug. 28, 1895, J. Edwards Roberts. Author of novel, The Lifting of a Finger (Lippincott); also short stories published in Lippineott's Magazine, Munsey's magazines, Suecess, The Ladies' Ilome Jour- nal, The Woman's Home Companion, Young People's Weekly and other magazines. Has done easual re- porting for most of the N. Y. newspapers; now editor Clubwoman of New York, an annual biography of clubs and directory of clubwomen; editor and pub- lisher The Clubwoman's Weekly Calendar. Mem. N. Y. City Federation of Women's Clubs. Reereations: Swimming, golf, tennis. Clubs: Woman's Press, Rainy Day, New Yorkers. Addresses: 507 Fifth Av., N. Y. City, and 304 Caroline St., Derby, Conn.
ROBERTS, JAMES A.
Born Waterboro, York County, Me .; s. Jeremiah and Alma Roberts; grad. Bowdoin Coll., A.B. 1870, A.M. 1873, LL.D. 1897; m. 1st, Calais, Me., 1871, Minnie Pineo (dled 1883); 2d, Auburn, Me., 1884, Martha Dresser; children: Joseph Banks, b. 1873; Amelia, b. 1884. Practised law in Buffalo, 1875-1893. Served in 7th (Me.) Battery, Sept., 1864, to elose of Civil War. Pres. and dir. Greater N. Y. Home Co., Twin Lakes Reservoir Co., N. J. Ilome Co .; trcas. and dir. Frisco Gold Mines Co .; dir. Twin Lakes Land & Water Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Pres. N. Y. State. Ifist. Ass'n. Mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1897-1898; Buffalo Park Comm'r, 1891-1893; Comptroller N. Y. State, 1894-1898. Address: 257 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ROBERTS, JOSEPH BANKS
Lawyer; b. S. Waterboro, Me., Nov. 18, 1873; s. James A. and Minnie (Pineo) Roberts; grad. Bowdoin Coll., A.B., 1895; Univ. of Buffalo, DL. B., 1899; m. April 20, 1903, Mary van Rensselaer Ferris; children: Dorothy Douw, b. May 28, 1904; Morris Ferris, b. July 26, 1905; Margaret L. D., b. Aug. 28, 1908. See., treas. and dir. Greater N. Y. Home Co., New Netherlands Home Co., Stuyvesant Home Co., Suburban Homes Co .; treas. and dir. Shoal Harbor Industries; v .- p. and dir. N. J. Home Co., Ain. Carbide Co. See. N. Y. Bowdoin Alumni Ass'n; mem. N. Y. Soe. Colonial Wars, N. Y. State Hist. Soc. Clubs: Alpha Delta Phi, Ridgewood Country. Residence: Ridgewood, N. J. Address: 2 Reetor St., N. Y. City.
ROBERTS, MARY FANTON
Editor; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 1, 1871; d. W. H. and Isabel Agnes (Annable) Fanton; ed. Albany Female Acad .; in. 1906, W. Carman Roberts. Was sueeessively sp'l writer for Sun, Herald, Tribune, Journal, and on editorial staff Demorest Magazine, New Idea, Woman's Magazine, Twentieth Century, flome; editor Woman's Home Companion; now in'g editor The Craftsman. Clubs: Pen and Brush, MacDowell. Address: The Craftsman, 5 10. 39th St., N. Y. City.
ROBERTS, NATHAN SELLECK
Physician; b. Darien, Conn., Mareh 22. 1843; s. Nathan and Sally (Richards) Roberts: ed. N. Y. City schools, Mechanical Soc. School, Coll. Phys. and Surgs. Column- bia), M.D., March 12, 1867; in. N. Y. City, June 11, 1868, Eliza Bell Rhodaback; children: Mamle Bell, b. April 11, 1869; Agnes May, b. Feb. 17, 1875; Frank, b.
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Aug. 1, 1877; Allce, b. Aug. 1, 1881; Edith Belle, b. June 12, 1882; Anna Cecilia, b. Oct. 12, 1884. Clinical ass't Vanderbilt Clinic; ass't surgeon N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary; surgcon N. Y. Throat and Nose Hosp .; instr. otology N. Y. Poly. Mcd. Sch. and Hosp .; ass't surgeon in Cornell Univ. Med. Coll .; surgeon Met. Throat Hosp. During Civil War enlisted under Col. (later Gen.) Terry in 7th Com. Vols., 1861; comm'd by Sec. of War Stanton as 1st ass't surgeon 21st U. S. C. T., 1863; surgeon of police during Mayor Have- meyer's second term. Mcm. Lenox Med. and Surg. Soc., Clinical Soc. N. Y. Polyclinic, Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n, Soc. for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Med. Men, Union Veteran Legion. Address: 315 W. 94th St., N. Y. City.
ROBERTS, WINFRED HENRY
Civil engineer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1875; s. Gracie Sayre and Euphemia (Coleman) Roberts; grad. N. Y. Univ., B.S., C.E., 1897. Unmarried. Ass't eng'r Dep't of Finance, N. Y. City. Editor: Proceedings of the Municipal Eng'rs of City of N. Y. Major and ass't to the chief of Coast Artillery, N. G. N. Y. Episeo- palian. Mem. Delta Phi fraternity. Dir. Municipal Eng'rs of City of N. Y .; mem. Efficiency Soc., Soc. of Automobile Eng'rs, Eng'ring Alumni of N. Y. Univ. Clubs: Army and Navy (N. Y. City ), Brooklyn Engi- neers (past pres.). Residence: 4614 Eleventh Av .. Brooklyn. Address: 280 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ROBERTSON, FRANK WADE
Physician; b. Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., Dec. 10, 1868; s. A. Jay and Laura (Wade) Robertson; ed. Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M1.D., 1895; m. N. Y. City, 1901, Adele Bridge. Engaged in practice of medicine in N. Y. City since 1895. Independent; Protestant. In- terested in sociological and public health questions. Represented N. Y. State as delegate appt'd by the Governor at convs. of Nat. Charitics and Corrections, Nat. Prison Ass'n, State Conferences of Charities and Corrections. Mem. Acad. of Medicine, West Side Clini- cal Soc., Soc. of Alumni of Bellevue Hosp .; trustee Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Am. Medico-Psychological Ass'n. Physician Roosevelt Hosp., Dep't of Nervous and Mental Diseases; attending physician Cornell Univ. Med. Coll., Dep't Nervous Diseases. Club: Columbia Yacht. Address: 411 West End Av., N. Y. Clty.
ROBERTSON, MORGAN
Author; b. Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1861; s. Andrew and Ruth (Glassford) Robertson; ed. publlc schools and Cooper Union; m. May 27, 1894, Alice M. Doyle. Author: Spun Yarn; Futility; A Tale of a Halo; Where Angels Fear to Tread; Masters of Men; Ship- mates; Sinful Peck; Down to the Sea; Land Ho; Fin- negan; Chivalry (play). Address: 41 W. 24th St., N. Y. City.
ROBICHON, HECTOR A.
Lawyer; b. Quebec, Can .; s. Peter A. and Leontine (Beland) Robichon; grad. U. S. Mil. Acad., 1899, Law Dep't, St. Lawrence Univ., LL.B., 1906. Served through Spanish-Am. War and Philippine Insurrection as cadet U. S. Mil. Acad., 2d lieut. 13th U. S. Inf., and 1st lieut. 27th U. S. Inf., 1898-1902, participating in engagements at Guadalupe, Cavitc Vlejo, Santa Cruz, Novalcta, San Francisco de Malabon and San Fabian, Philippine Islands; received hon. mention from Gen. Bell for suc- cessful scouting against the guerIllas in Pangasinan Province, which resulted in capture of many arms and much ammunition; also received honorable men- tlon at the battles of Cavite Viejo, Novaleta and San Francisco de Malabon. Admitted to practise in the Supreme Court, U. S. Clrcult Court, Eastern Dist. of N. Y., U. S. Dist. Court for Southern and Eastern Dist. of N. Y .; now practising law in N. Y. Clty. Acquitted the defendant In the noted forgery case of the U. S. vs. William Costelloe. Has traveled around the world, visited India, Japan and Egypt. Mem. Mil. Order of the Caraboa. Cathollc. Club: Army and Navy, Manlla. Residence: Huntington, L. I. Address: 26 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
ROBINS, KINGMAN NOTT
Financier; b. Waterville, Me., Sept. 7, 1881; s. Henry E. and Cordella Ewell (Nott) Robins; grad. Worces- ter Acad., 1900; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1904; m. April 22, 1913, Elizabeth Adams Sibley. Treas. Assoclated Mortgage Investors; dir. Nat. Light & Power Co., St. Louls, Mo., Provident (Remedial) Loan Soc .; mem. Chamber of Commerce. Dir. Children's Playground League; trustee Reynolds Library, various other civic and philanthropic coms. Clubs: Genesce Valley, Unl- versity (Rochester), National (Toronto), Harvard (N. Y.), Canadian Alpine. Residence: 149 Westmin- ster Road. Address: Granlte Bld'g, Rochester, N. Y.
ROBINS, THOMAS
Pres. Robins Conveying Belt Co .; b. West Point N. Y., Sept. 1, 1868; s. Thomas and Emma (Davis) Robe ins; ed. Princeton Univ., special course, 1886-151); coll. ed'n, classical; m. Boston, April 26, 1894, Wint. fred 11. Tucker; children: Thomas, b. 1896, Samuel Davis, b. 1898. Inventor of the Belt Conveyor, whxl Is used for carrying coal, orcs; also of other devices Received gold medal St. Louis Exp'n for inventlos and development of Belt Conveyor. Served In N. Y. Naval Reserve, 1891-1897. Has written technical arti- cles. Pres. of Robins Conveying Belt Co. Independent in politics; Episcopalian. Mem. Iron and Steel Inst. of Great Britain, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Lake Su- perior Mining Inst., Franklin Inst., York Lodge ( Masonlc). Sec. Inventors' Guild, N. Y. Clube: Racquet and Tennis, Princeton. Address: 165 E 61st St., N. Y. City.
ROBINSON, ALEXANDER L.
Physician; b. Hudson, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1863; s. George W. and Cornella Bleecker ( Williams) Robinson; g .- g.“ on maternal side of Gen. David Van Ness, and wife Cornelia Ileermance, prominent old N. Y. families; e1 Hudson (N. Y.) Acad., George Washington Univ., Wasb- ington, D. C., M.D. Mcm. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Statt Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., Alumni Ass'n Georgs Washington University. Club: Knickerbocker Whiet Address: 101 W. 78th St., N. Y. City.
ROBINSON, ALLAN
Lawyer; b. Troy, N. Y., March 31, 1868; s. Charles E. and Clara (Vaill) Robinson; ed. public schs. of Troy and Rochester, N. Y., Yale Univ., A. B., 1891; Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1894; m. N. Y. City, March 16 1898, Jcan de Forest Knox Barbour; children: Ed- ward, b. Jan. 1899; Jane K., b. April, 1900. Sec. Immi- gration Comm'r Port of N. Y., 1902-1905; pres. Allied Real Estate Interests, 1906-1913; chm'n N. Y. City Com. of Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections, 1909-1911; pres. Schola Cantorum, 1912- 1913; chm'n N. Y. City Charter Conf., 1911; pres. Mac- Dowell Memorlal Ass'n, 1911-1913; treas. Nat. Citizens Com. for Russian Treaty Abrogation, 1911-1912; pres Mendelssohn Glee Club, 1900-1906; clim'n Citizens Com. on Police, appt'd at Cooper Union Mass Meeting, Aug. 14, 1912. Repubi:can; Presby'n. Dir. Philhar. monic Soc. of N. Y., 1912-1913. Clubs: University, Republican. Residence: 901 Lexington AV. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ROBINSON, ANDREW R.
Physician; b. Ontario, Canada, July 31, 1845; George and Isabella Robinson; ed. Brampton (Ont.) High Sen., 1860-1864, Univ. of Toronto, 1865-1869. M.B., 1869 (with honors), Bellevuc Hosp. Med. Coll, M.D., 1868, Edinburgh, Scotland, L. R.C. P. and L.R.C.S. 1870, London and Parls, 1870, Vienna, Austria, 1872- 1873; m. 1st, 1876, Maric Kress, of N. Y .; 2d, N. Co. hasset. Mass., Oct. 17, 1904, Daisy M. Orleman, M.S., M.D. Interne Nursery and Child's Hosp., N. Y. City, 1871; prof. histology and pathol. anatomy Woman's Mcd. Coll., N. Y. Infirmary, 14 years; prof. dermato. logy in N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch. and Hosp. since 1884. Pres Dermatol. Section 9th Internat. Med. Con- gress, Washington, 1887; v .- p. (hon.) same section 10th Congress, Beriln, 1890. Foreign corr. mem, Société Française de Determatologie et Syphillgraphie Author: Manual of Dermatology; also many original articles on medical subjects; flrst writer to describe hidrocystoma. Mem. Am. Dermat. Ass'n, N. Y. Der- matol. Soc., M. Y. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. Pathol. Soc, North Western Med. and Surg. Soc., Medico-Chirurg. Soc., Harvey Soc., ctc. Trustee N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch; and Hosp .; mem. St. Andrew's Soc., Burns' Soc., Canadian Soc. Univ. Toronto Alumni Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Fishing and hunting; has own trout preserve and hatchery In Canada. Club: British Universities Adress: 159 W. 49th St., N. Y. City.
ROBINSON, BEVERLEY
Physician; 'b. Philadelphia, March 22, 1844: s. Mon- cure and Charlotte (Taylor) Robinson; grad. Univ. of Pa., A.B., 1862, Unlv. of Parls, France, M.D., 1872; m. Anna Eliza Foster; children: Beverley Randolph, Pauline [ .. , Anna b'. Served as volunteer U. S. A. on emergency call, 1863. After graduation was house physician in Parls hospitals; then established practise In N. Y. City. Clinical prof. medicine, Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., N. Y .: consulting physician to St. Luke's and City Hosps. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medt- cine, Delta Psi fraternity, Century. University and Knickerbocker Clubs. Address: 42 W. 37th St., N. Y. City.
ROBINSON, BEVERLEY RANDOLPH
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, June 24, 1876; s. Beverley and Anna E. (Foster) Robinson; grad. Ilarvard, A.B., 1898;
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Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1901; unmarried. Admitted to bar Oct., 1900. Mem. B'd Aldermen, N. Y, City, 1904- 1906; mem. of Assembly of N. Y. State, 1907, 1908, 1909; pres. 27th Assembly Dist. Republican Club. Corporator Five Points House of Industry; mem. B'd of Mg'rs N. Y. Infant Asylum. Mem. firm of Masten & Nichols. Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., New York State and Am. Bar Ass'ns, Sons of Revolu- tion, Soc. Colonial Wars, St. Nicholas Soe., mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. and Phi Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: Union, University, Century, Down Town, Harvard, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht (trustee), Republican, Knickerbocker (N. Y. City), Fort Orange (Albany). Residence: 42 W. 37th St. Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City,
ROBINSON, CHARLES ALEXANDER
Principal Peekskill Mil. Acad .; b. West Hebron, Washington County, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1871; s. William and Mary Elizabeth (Archibald) Robinson; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1890; Princeton Univ., A.B. (first honor Latin salutatorian), 1894; Ph.D., 1902; Johns Hopkins Univ., 1896-1897; studied in Europe, 1895- 1896; classical fellow one year at Princeton, 1894- 1895; m. Camden, N. J., June 16, 1898, Sarah Sharpe Westcott; children: Charles Alexander, Jr., b. 1900; Sarah Westcott, b. 1902; Elizabeth Archibald, b. 1903. Travelled and studied abroad (England, Scotland, Italy and Greece), 1895-1896. Instr. Greek, Princeton Univ., 1897-1898; instr. Latin, Princeton Univ., 1898-1903 (last four years head of Latin Dep't in John C. Green School of Science). Principal Peekskill Mil. Acad. since 1903. Author of various works in Latin language and lit- erature. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n. Recreation: Golf. Address: Mil. Acad., Peeks- kill, N. Y.
ROBINSON, CHARLES L.
Manufacturer; b. Sayville, L. I., N. Y., July 9, 1874; s. Frank Tracy and Ida May (Frost) Robinson; at- tended Yale, Sheffield Scientific Sch., 1895; m. Hart- ford, June, 1896, Elizabeth H. J. Beach; children: Caldwell Colt, Elizabeth Alden, Francis, Pres. and dir. Colt's Patent Fire Arms MIf'g Co .; dir. Travellers' Ins. Co., Hartford Fire Ins. Co., Am. Hardware Co., Conn. Trust & Safe Deposit Co., Phoenix Nat, Bank, Newport Trust Co. Chm'n Rep. State Conv., Provi- dence, 1908; delegate Chicago Conv., 1908; Colonel Newport Arty, 1903-1908. Recreations: Yachting, shooting. Clubs: Knickerbocker,
Union, Brook, Racquet, N. Y. Yacht, Imperial German Yacht (Kiel), Royal Belgium Yacht (Antwerp), Royal Thames Yacht (London), Newport Reading Room, Newport Golf, Newport Casino (Newport), Hartford Yacht, Hartford, Hartford Golf, Farmington County. Resi- dence: Manatuck Farm, West Hartford, and Newport, R. I. Address: 17 Van Dyke Av., Hartford, Conn:
ROBINSON, CHARLES MULFORD
Author and town planner; b. Ramapo, N. Y., April 30, 1869; s. Arthur and Jane H. (Porter) Robinson; ed. private schs. and Univ. of Rochester, A.B. 1891, hon. A.M. 1905; m. Albany, N. Y., April 8, 1896, Eliza Ten Eyck Pruyn. Editorial writer Rochester Post Express, 1891-1900; engaged in European travel, 1891, 1895, 1899, 1910; sec. Am. Park and Outdoor Art Ass'n, 1902-1904; first sec, Alliance of Civic Org'ns (Nat.), 1904; first sec. Am. Civic Ass'n, 1904. Author: Improvement of Towns and Cities, 8 editions, two in 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913 (Putnams); Modern Civic Art, 4 editions, 1903, 1905, 1909, 1912 (Putnams); The Call of the City, 1908, 1909 (Paul Elder & Co.); The Width and Arrangement of Streets, 1911 (McGraw-Hill Book Co.). City planner, 1904-1913, submitting reports and plans for beautifying Colorado Springs, Denver, De- troit, Oakland, Honolulu, Los Angeles and twenty other towns and cities. Sec. (1907) of Columbus (Ohio) Plan Comm'n. Prof. of civle design (on part. time), Univ. of Ill., 1913-1914. Park comm'r and dir. Chil- dren's Playground League and Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester. Contb'r since 1891 to leading periodi- cals, Including Atlantie Monthly, Century, Harper's, World's Work, Architectural Record, Municipal Jour- nal, House and Garden, Educational Review, Crafts- man, American Homes and Gardens, Annals of Ameri- can Academy. Hon. mem. English "Scapa" (Soc. for Checking A'buses of Public Advertising) and many local improvement socs. in America, such as Publie Park Ass'n of Providence, R. I .; Outdoor Art League, of Calif. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Psi Upsilon fra- ternity. Clubs: National Arts (N. Y. City), Genesee Valley (Rochester), University (Urbana, Ill.), 20th Century of Boston (corr. mem.). Address: 65 S. Washington St., Rochester, N. Y.
ROBINSON, DOUGLAS
Capitalist; grad. Univ, of Oxford, 1876; m. Corinne Roosevelt; children: Corinne D., Monroe D., Stewart D.
Pres. and dir. Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown & Co .; trustee Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co .; dir. Am, Ins. Co. Clubs: University, Down Town, Church, Essex County, Country. Residence: 9 E. 63d St. Address: 14 Wall St., N. Y. City.
ROBINSON, EDWARD
Director Met. Museum of Art; b. Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1858; s. Edwin A, and Ellen (Coburn) Robinson; ed. Boston Latin Sch., grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1879; Berlin Univ., 1883-1885; Univ. of Aberdeen, Scotland, LL.D., 1905; m. Boston, Feb. 21, 1881, Elizabeth, d. Samuel Gould, of Boston; one son, Phillips Brooks, b. Athens, Greece, Feb. 3, 1882. Study and travel in Eu- rope, 1881-1885, and at periods subsequently. Curator of classical antiquities. Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, 1885-1902; dir., 1902-1905; lecturer on classical archæ- ology, Harvard Univ., 1893-1894 and 1898-1902; hon. prof. Faculty of Fine Arts, Columbia Univ., since 1906. Ass't dir. Met. Museum of Art. N. Y. City, 1906-1909; acting dir., June, 1909-Nov., 1910; elected dir., Nov., 1910. V .- p. Archæol. Inst. of America; mem. Council of Am. Acad. of Arts and Sciences; trustee Am. Acad. of Rome. Address: Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. City.
ROBINSON, GEORGE HENRY
Banker; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 21, 1865; s. Thomas and Mary ( Howland) Robinson; ed. schs. of N. Y .; un- married. Mem. banking firm Fisk & Robinson. Re- publican; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Acad. Polit. Science. Clubs: Lawyers, Republican, City. Residence: New Rochelle, N. Y. Address: 26 Exchange Place, N. Y. City.
ROBINSON, HUBBELL
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1874; s. William D. and Mary Louise (Smith) Robinson; ed. Albany (N. Y.) Acad .; grad. Union Coll., Schenectady, N. Y., (Ph.B., 1897; Albany (N. Y.) Law Sch., 1899; in. Schenec- tady, Oct. 4, 1899, Marcia Johnson; one son, Ilubbell. b. 1905. Mem. firm of Naylon & Robinson, counsel for Schenectady l'y Co. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fra- ternity, Union Chapter. Clu'bs: Mohawk Golt, Mo- hawk (Schenectady). Address: 273 State St., Schenec- tady, N. Y.
ROBINSON, JAMES HARVEY
Prof. history in Columbia Univ .; b. Bloomington, Ill., June 29, 1863; s. James Harvey and Latricia Maria (Drake) Robinson; ed. llarvard Univ., A.B. 1887, A.M. 1888, and in German universities, receiving Ph.D. de- gree from Univ. of Freiburg, 1890; m. Bloomington, Ill., Sept. 1, 1887, Grace Woodville Read. Lecturer on European history, 1891, and associate prof. history, 1892-1895, Univ. of Pa .; prof. history Columbia Univ. since 1895; acting dean Barnard Coll., 1900. Author: The German Bundesrath, 1891; Petrarch, the First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters (in collabora- tion with H. W. Rolfe), 1899; Introduction to the History of Western Europe, 1903: Readings in Enro- pean Ifistory, 2 volumes, 1905; The Development of Modern Europe (in collaboration with C. A. Beard), 2 volumes, 1907; Readings in Modern European History (in collaboration with C. A. Beard), 2 volumes, 1908- 1909; The New History, 1912. One of the editors of Translations and Reprints from Original Sources of European History; one of editors, 1891-1895. of Annals of Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science. Club: Century. Address: 567 W. 113th St., N. Y. City.
ROBINSON, LEONARD G.
Lawyer; b. Russia, 1875; ed. Phillips Exeter Aead., Exeter, N. H., and Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N. Y .; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1902; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1906; m. Middleboro, Mass., 1911, Florence B. Levy; one son: Leonard G., Jr., b. 1911. Taught modern languages at Princeton Preparatory Sch., Princeton, N. J .; Trinity Hall, Washington, Pa., and Trinity Sch., N. Y. City; grad. N. Y. Law Sch. and admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1906; gen. mg'r Jewish Agr'l & Industrial Aid Soc. since 1907; Instrumental in inaugurating many edn'l activities among Jewish farmers in U. S. and in promoting rural org'n and co-operation. Intro- dueed Raiffeisen co-operative agr'l credit system into U. S. and organized a number of such Cre lit Unions, so far the only co-operative agr'l credit banks in U. S. Author: The Agricultural Activities of the Jews in America. Lecturer and conto'r of articles on rural economics, co-operation and finance. Club: Harvard. Residence: 609 W. 137th St. Address: 174 Second Av., N. Y. City.
ROBINSON, MARY HUNTTING
Physician; b. Southold, Suffolk Co., N. Y, Feb. 15, 1875; d. James Richards and . Mary Lydia (Forbes) Robinson, direet descendant Rev. John Robinson, who came here with Pilgrims, also of John Alden; ed. in public schools of Elmira, one year at Elinira Coll.,
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grad, Oswego State 'Normal and Training School, 1897, Cornell Univ. Med. Coll., N. Y. City, M.D., with honors, 1906. Taught school five and a half years after gradu- ation from Normal Sch .; spent two years in Wyoming and Colorado. After graduation from Cornell Medical Coll. practised medicine in Elmira, N. Y. After 3 vears practise in Elmira became resident physician State Western House of Refuge for Women, of Al- bion, N. Y., which position lias held 4 years. Presby'n. Mem. Orleans County Med. Ass'n, Amn. Med. Ass'n. Address: Albion, N. Y.
ROBINSON, MYRON WILBUR
Real estate and insurance; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 11. 1881; s. J. M. and Carrie E. (Hull) Robinson; ed. Phil- lips Exeter Acad., Columbia Sch. of Mines, N. Y. City. Yale Law Sch., New Haven; m. Moorestown, N. J. July 14, 1903, Florence Lamb. Engaged in extensive real estate and insurance business, being connected with Myron W. Robinson Co., Inc .; dir. Am. Grass Twine Co .; v .- p. and dir. Cosio Cigar Co .; agent North River German-Am.,. Phoenix of London, Northern of London, and Boston Ins. Co.'s. Has traveled in all parts of U. S. and Europe for pleasure. Mem. B'd of Freeholders of Bergen Co., N. J. Republican; Presby'n Mem. Sigma Chi, Clubs: Underwriters, American Ken- nel, Book and Gavel (Yale) ; Englewood Field, Ad- dress: 1134 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ROBINSON, NELSON' LEMUEL
Lawyer; b. Morley, N. Y., July 17, 1857; s. George and Cordelia Victoria (Buck) Robinson; ed. St. Law- rence Univ., B.A., 1877, M.A., 1880, Harvard Coll., B.A 1881; Harvard Law School; m. 1st, Canton, N. Y. April 6, 1882, Clara Weaver (died Oct. 2, 1905); 2d, Lexing- ton, Ky., June 25, 1907, Maude Richmond Henderson; children: Ethel, George, Marjory, Ernest Leffert. En- gaged in practise N. Y. City, now partner in law firm of Robinson, Allen & Hoy. Mem. Phl Beta Kappa Soc., Harvard Law Sch. Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Trustee St. Lawrence Univ. Clubs: Harvard, St. Lawrence. Country residence: , Canton, N. Y. Resi- dence: 53 E. 78th St. Address: 45 William St., N. Y. City.
ROBINSON, ROY M.
Lawyer; b. Winfield, Kan., Dec. 4, 1875; s. Martin Luther and Amanda Gertrude (Martin) Robinson; grad. Univ. of Kansas, A.B., 1897, Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1900; m. Englewood, N. J., April 25, 1905, Mary Sabina Stoekman; one d. Sabina Mary, b. 1908. Ad- mitted to bar 1900, Presby'n; Progressive. Mem. N. Y. A. A. Univ. of Kansas, Kansas Soc. of N. Y., Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Recreation: Tennis. Club: Englewood City. Address: 34 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
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