Definition of Robert Robinson

1. Noun. English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975).

Exact synonyms: Robinson, Sir Robert Robinson
Generic synonyms: Chemist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Robert Robinson

Robert Merton
Robert Mills
Robert Mitchum
Robert Morris
Robert Motherwell
Robert Nesta Marley
Robert Oppenheimer
Robert Orr
Robert Owen
Robert Peary
Robert Peel
Robert Penn Warren
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Ranke Graves
Robert Redford
Robert Robinson (current term)
Robert Schumann
Robert Scott
Robert Southey
Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr.
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Tyre Jones
Robert Van de Graaff
Robert Venturi
Robert Walpole
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
Robert William Service
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Robert the Bruce
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Literary usage of Robert Robinson

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by John Payne Collier (1866)
"London, Printed by Robert Robinson for Robert Dexter. 1597." The dedication to Spenser, at the back of the first general title- page, which has no printer's ..."

2. Library Notes by Addison Peale Russell (1875)
"Writing to Toulmin, Robert Robinson, a witty and distinguished clergyman in the last century, biogra- phied by George Dyer, gives the following: " Says a ..."

3. The Correspondence of the Colonial Governors of Rhode Island, 1723-1775 by Rhode Island Governor, Gertrude Selwyn Kimball (1902)
"And M* Robert Robinson who formerly acted as Collector of Salem and Marblehead in New England ... Robert Robinson ..."

4. The Gentlest Art: A Choice of Letters, by Entertaining Hands by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"... Robert Robinson, of Cambridge, describes a day's work -^ 'd- ^^y *cv ^y *ciK CHESTERTON, May 26, 1784 OLD FRIEND,— You love I should write folios: that ..."

5. The Publications of the Harleian Society by Harleian Society (1896)
"1 Robert Robinson & Catherine Jefferies Feb. 1 William Brookes & Christiana Miller Feb. 1 William Henry Layton, of this parish, B., & Frances Elizabeth ..."

6. The Gentlest Art: A Choice of Letters by Entertaining Hands by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"... Robert Robinson, of Cambridge, describes a day's work *v> -^ <2>- <2>- *vi- ^o CHESTERTON, May 26. 1784 OLD FRIEND,— You love I should write folios: ..."

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