Armitage Robinson

"An erudite Dean"
As depicted by "Spy" (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, December 1905

Sir Joseph Armitage Robinson, KCVO, DD (9 January 1858 – 7 May 1933) was a priest in the Church of England and scholar. He was successively Dean of Westminster (1902–1911) and of Wells (1911–1933).

Biography

Born the son of a poor vicar in Keynsham, Robinson was educated at Liverpool College and Christ's College, Cambridge of which he became a Fellow.^[1] In January 1902 he was appointed a Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King Edward VII,^[2] and shortly thereafter Dean of Westminster, in which position he served until he was appointed Dean of Wells in 1911. It has been suggested that the move to Wells was arranged to avoid friction in the run-up to the coronation of George V.

Robinson was Lord High Almoner from 1906 to 1933.

As Dean of Wells Robinson enjoyed close links with Downside Abbey. He also critically explored the origins of the Glastonbury legends to which the Glastonbury Festival had revived attention. A renowned scholar in patristics (he was particularly known for his work on the Lausiac History), Armitage Robinson was a participant in the bilateral Anglican-Roman Catholic Malines Conversations. He held honorary doctorates from Göttingen and Halle.

He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1932, and died on 7 May 1933.

Works

Encyclopaedia Biblica (contributor), 1903.
The Lausiac History of Palladius (Texts and Studies, vol. vi),Cambridge 1904.
(with Cuthbert Butler) The Lausiac History of Palladius, 1918.
The Saxon Bishops of Wells, London, 1919.
Somerset Historical Essays, Oxford,1921.
The Times of St. Dunstan, Oxford, 1923.
Two Glastonbury Legends: King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea, Cambridge 1926. Reprinted in 2010 by Kessinger Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-169-68948-0

References

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↑ "Robinson, Joseph Armitage (RBN877JA2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27393. p. 1. 3 January 1902.

Taylor, T. F. (1991). J. Armitage Robinson. Cambridge: James Clarke. pp. 144 pp. ISBN 0-227-67913-X. OCLC 25632121.
Creed, John Martin (193?). Joseph Armitage Robinson, 1858–1933. From the proceedings of the British Academy. Volume XX. London: Milford. pp. 14 p. ; 27 cm. OCLC 24684382. Check date values in: |date= (help)
Canadian Press (May 9, 1933). "Dr. Robinson Dead; Ex-Dean of Wells; Dared to Cross Opinions With Late King Edward Over Plans for Coronation". The New York Times. p. 17. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
Taylor, T. F. (September 2008) [2004]. "Robinson, Joseph Armitage (1858–1933)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35797. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

Religious titles
Preceded by George Granville Bradley	Dean of Westminster 1902–1911	Succeeded by Herbert Edward Ryle
Preceded by Thomas Jex-Blake	Dean of Wells 1911–1933	Succeeded by Richard Malden

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Late modern	William Vincent John Ireland Thomas Turton Samuel Wilberforce William Buckland Richard Chenevix Trench Arthur Stanley George Bradley Armitage Robinson Herbert Ryle William Foxley Norris Paul de Labilliere Alan Don Eric Abbott Edward Carpenter Michael Mayne Wesley Carr John Hall

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Vernon White (Canon Theologian)
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High Medieval	Ivo Richard de Spakeston Alexander Leonius Ralph of Lechlade Peter of Chichester William of Merton John Saracenus Giles of Bridport Edward of Cnoll Thomas Bytton William Burnell Walter Haselshaw

Late Medieval	Henry Husee John Godelee Richard of Bury Wibert of Littleton Walter of London Thomas Fastolf John of Carleton Stephen Penpel John Fordham Thomas Thebaud Henry Beaufort Nicholas Slake Thomas Tuttebury Richard Courtenay Walter Medeford John Stafford John Forest Nicholas Carent William Witham John Gunthorpe

Early modern	William Cosyn Thomas Wynter Richard Woleman Thomas Cromwell William Fitzjames John Goodman William Turner Robert Weston Valentine Dale John Herbert Benjamin Heydon Richard Meredith Ralph Barlow George Warburton Walter Ralegh Robert Creighton Ralph Bathurst William Grahme Matthew Brailsford Isaac Maddox John Harris Samuel Creswicke Lord Francis Seymour

Late modern	George Lukin Hon Henry Ryder Edmund Goodenough Richard Jenkyns George Johnson Edward Plumptre Thomas Jex-Blake Armitage Robinson Richard Malden Frederic Harton Christopher Woodforde Irven Edwards Patrick Mitchell Richard Lewis John Clarke Andrew Featherstone (Acting) John Davies

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