David M. (David Moore) Robinson

Born in Auburn, New York, in 1880, he became an American classical archaeologist best known for work connected with the ancient Greek city of Olynthus. He earned both his A.B. and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, and his career as a scholar and writer stretched across the first half of the twentieth century.

He taught for many years at Johns Hopkins University, where he served from 1905 to 1947, and after retiring moved to the University of Mississippi in Oxford. Robinson was widely recognized for his archaeological work and for publishing extensively in classical studies.

At the same time, modern summaries of his career note a more troubled side to his reputation. In particular, later accounts have highlighted allegations that he plagiarized the work of some of his students, especially Mary Ross Ellingson, making his legacy important but also contested.