page_title: W. Andrew Robinson
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caption_attribution_description: English: The writer Andrew Robinson delivering a talk on the history of India at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England, on 10 May 2014.
context_page_description: Andrew Coulthard Robinson is a British author and former newspaper editor.
  Andrew Robinson was educated at the Dragon School, Eton College where he was a King's Scholar, University College, Oxford where he read Chemistry and finally the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is the son of Neville Robinson, an Oxford physicist, and Daphne Robinson.
  Robinson first visited India in 1975, and has been involved with the country's culture ever since. He has authored many books and articles, the most recent being India: A Short History. Until 2006, he was the Literary Editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is based in London and is now a full-time writer.
context_section_description: (William) Andrew Coulthard Robinson (born 14 March 1957) is a British author and former newspaper editor.
  Andrew Robinson was educated at the Dragon School, Eton College where he was a King's Scholar, University College, Oxford where he read Chemistry and finally the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is the son of Neville Robinson, an Oxford physicist, and Daphne Robinson.
  Robinson first visited India in 1975, and has been involved with the country's culture ever since. He has authored many books and articles, the most recent being India: A Short History (Thames & Hudson, 2014). Until 2006, he was the Literary Editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is based in London and is now a full-time writer.
caption: Robinson speaking at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in 2014
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