HUGH JAMIESON ROBINSON

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45 years

Date of Death

11 Apr 1890

Buried Date

14 Apr 1890

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Hugh Robinson was born at 26 North Street, Belfast in 1845. He was the eldest son of Samuel Robinson. Hugh went on to study at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and entered into an apprenticeship with Young & Anderson, a wholesale draper firm ...situated in Donegall Street, Belfast. Hugh had a passion for natural history from a very young age and this materialised into adulthood. He first nurtured his interest in 1863 where he took several natural history classes given by Professor Ralph Tate, a geology lecturer. Through his enrolment, Hugh came to help set up the Belfast Naturalist Field Club and he acted as honorary secretary to the club between 1869-1880. During this time, Hugh also acted as secretary of the Belfast School of Art and did so for 12 years. Following the Club, in 1882-1884, he came to be the assistant secretary in the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, a nice homage to his early days of study there. Hugh was the first registrar in 1884 until March 1890 when his health deteriorated and he duly resigned. Notably, Hugh was also a member of the Royal Irish Academy and an elder in Duncairn Presbyterian Church. He lived and died in Helen’s View, Antrim Road, Belfast. Reference : Hartley, Tom. (2022) Belfast City Cemetery, page 192, 2022, Newtownards: Blackstaff Press. Hugh Robinson was born at 26 North Street, Belfast in 1845. He was the eldest son of Samuel Robinson. Hugh went on to study at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and entered into an apprenticeship with Young & Anderson, a wholesale draper firm situated in Donegall Street, Belfast. Hugh had a passion for natural history from a very young age and this materialised into adulthood. He first nurtured his interest in 1863 where he took several natural history classes given by Professor Ralph Tate, a geology lecturer. Through his enrolment, Hugh came to help set up the Belfast Naturalist Field Club and he acted as honorary secretary to the club between 1869-1880. During this time, Hugh also acted as secretary of the Belfast School of Art and did so for 12 years. Following the Club, in 1882-1884, he came to be the assistant secretary in the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, a nice homage to his early days of study there. Hugh was the first registrar in 1884 until March 1890 when his health deteriorated and he duly resigned. Notably, Hugh was also a member of the Royal Irish Academy and an elder in Duncairn Presbyterian Church. He lived and died in Helen’s View, Antrim Road, Belfast. Reference : Hartley, Tom. (2022) Belfast City Cemetery, page 192, 2022, Newtownards: Blackstaff Press. read more

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HUGH JAMIESON ROBINSON

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45 years

Date of Death

11 Apr 1890

Buried Date

14 Apr 1890

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MARY WINNIFRED ROBINSON
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ERIC AUBREY ROBINSON
Died 17 Aug 1901

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