Armitage Robinson

Joseph Armitage Robinson KCVO (9 January 1858 – 7 May 1933) was a priest in the Church of England and scholar. He was successively Dean of Westminster (1902–1911) and of Wells (1911–1933). He was educated at Liverpool College and Christ's College, Cambridge of which he became a Fellow.^[1] It has been suggested that the move to Wells was arranged to avoid friction in the run-up to the coronation of George V.

As Dean of Wells Robinson enjoyed close links with Downside Abbey. He also critically explored the origins of the Glastonbury legends to which the Glastonbury Festival had revived attention. A renowned scholar in patristics (he was particularly known for his work on the Lausiac History), Armitage Robinson was a participant in the bilateral Anglican-Roman Catholic Malines Conversations. He held honorary doctorates from Göttingen and Halle. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1932, and died on 7 May 1933.

Works

Encyclopaedia Biblica (contributor), 1903.
The Lausiac History of Palladius (Texts and Studies, vol. vi),Cambridge 1904.
(with Cuthbert Butler) The Lausiac History of Palladius, 1918.
The Saxon Bishops of Wells,London, 1919.
Somerset Historical Essays, Oxford,1921.
The Times of St. Dunstan, Oxford, 1923.
Two Glastonbury Legends: King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea, Cambridge 1926

References

^ Robinson, Joseph Armitage in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

Taylor, T. F. (1991). J. Armitage Robinson. Cambridge: James Clarke. pp. 144 pp.. ISBN 0-227-67913-X. OCLC 25632121.
Creed, John Martin (193?). Joseph Armitage Robinson, 1858–1933. From the proceedings of the British Academy. Volume XX.. London: Milford. pp. 14 p. ; 27 cm. OCLC 24684382.
Canadian Press (May 9, 1933). "Dr. Robinson Dead; Ex-Dean of Wells; Dared to Cross Opinions With Late King Edward Over Plans for Coronation". The New York Times: p. 17. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B1EFC3E5C16738DDDA00894DD405B838FF1D3. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
Taylor, T. F. (September 2004; online edition, October 2008). "Robinson, Joseph Armitage (1858–1933)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35797. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35797. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

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Preceded by George Granville Bradley	Dean of Westminster 1902–1911	Succeeded by Herbert Edward Ryle
Preceded by Thomas Jex-Blake	Dean of Wells 1911–1933	Succeeded by Richard Malden

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Name	Robinson, Joseph Armitage
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Date of birth	9 January 1858
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Date of death	7 May 1933
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