Forbes Robinson

Born in Keynsham, Somerset, in 1867, Forbes Robinson was educated at Liverpool College, Rossall, and later Christ's College, Cambridge. He became closely associated with Christ's, where he served as a Fellow, and he was also known in church life as an examining chaplain to the Bishop of Southwell.

He is best remembered through books published around and after his death, especially Letters to His Friends and College and Ordination Addresses. Those works show a writer who was serious about faith but never dry, with a direct and human way of speaking that helped keep his work in print for years.

Robinson died in 1904 at only thirty-six. Even from the limited biographical record that is easy to confirm today, he comes across as a deeply reflective teacher and correspondent whose influence lasted through the affectionate preservation of his letters, sermons, and recollections by others.