He was apprenticed in 1839 to Sharp, Roberts and Co, and in 1843 he became a partner. He became vice-chairman and co-managing director, with the chairman, C. P. Stewart. Upon Stewart's death in 1882, Robinson became Chairman, which position he retained until his retirement in 1890, the year after the company moved to Glasgow.[2] He was a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers from 9 April 1872, a Member of Council from 1866, a Vice-President from 1870. He was elected President in 1878, and in 1879.[3]
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john, robinson, engineer, john, robinson, march, 1823, skipton, july, 1902, westwood, hall, leek, staffordshire, british, locomotive, engineer, apprenticed, 1839, sharp, roberts, 1843, became, partner, became, vice, chairman, managing, director, with, chairman. John Robinson 27 March 1823 Skipton 9 July 1902 Westwood Hall Leek Staffordshire 1 was a British locomotive engineer He was apprenticed in 1839 to Sharp Roberts and Co and in 1843 he became a partner He became vice chairman and co managing director with the chairman C P Stewart Upon Stewart s death in 1882 Robinson became Chairman which position he retained until his retirement in 1890 the year after the company moved to Glasgow 2 He was a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers from 9 April 1872 a Member of Council from 1866 a Vice President from 1870 He was elected President in 1878 and in 1879 3 He was a Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire and was High Sheriff of Staffordshire for 1882 4 Family editHe married Helen Lees c 1827 1908 in 1848 they had children Emily Lees Robinson 22 May 1849 1900 Rev Arthur Edward Robinson 1851 John Frederick Robinson 24 May 1853 Helen Susan Robinson 1855 Herbert M Robinson 1859 Edith Marianne Robinson 1860 1876 5 References edit John Robinson Grace s Guide Retrieved 12 September 2019 Engineering Heritage Awards IMechE http www icevirtuallibrary com docserver fulltext imotp 1902 18323 pdf permanent dead link No 25078 The London Gazette 28 February 1882 p 870 Archived copy Archived from the original on 24 July 2011 Retrieved 10 June 2010 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Professional and academic associations Preceded byThomas Hawksley President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers1878 1879 Succeeded byEdward Alfred Cowper nbsp This article about an engineer inventor or industrial designer from the United Kingdom or its predecessor states is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Robinson engineer amp oldid 1186495949, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
