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	==Life==		==Life==

	He was born in [[Edinburgh]] on 11 June 1778, the son of Rachel Wright and [[John Robison (physicist)\|John Robison]].<ref name=":0">~~http~~://www.~~royalsoced~~.org~~.uk/cms~~/~~files~~/fellows~~/biographical_index/fells_indexp2~~.~~pdf~~</ref>		He was born in [[Edinburgh]] on 11 June 1778, the son of Rachel Wright and [[John Robison (physicist)\|John Robison]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Waterston\|first=C. D.\|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83595094\|title=Former fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002 : biographical index.\|date=2006\|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh\|others=A. Macmillan Shearer, Royal Society of Edinburgh\|isbn=0-902198-84-X\|location=Edinburgh\|oclc=83595094}}</ref>

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	In 1816 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] and served as its General Secretary from 1828 to 1840. His proposers were [[John Playfair]], [[David Brewster]] and [[James Jardine (engineer)\|James Jardine]].<ref~~>{{cite book\|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002\|date=July 2006\|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh\|isbn~~=0~~-902-198-84-X\|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}<~~/~~ref~~>		In 1816 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] and served as its General Secretary from 1828 to 1840. His proposers were [[John Playfair]], [[David Brewster]] and [[James Jardine (engineer)\|James Jardine]].<ref name=":0" />

	In 1821, with [[David Brewster]] he jointly founded the [[Scottish Society of Arts]]. He served as its Secretary from foundation until 1824, Vice President 1828-9 and ~~1833-4~~, and as President ~~1841-2~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rssa.org.uk/history/past-presidents.shtml\|title=RSSA: History: Past Presidents\|website=~~www.~~rssa.org.uk\|language=en\|access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref>		In 1821, with [[David Brewster]] he jointly founded the [[Scottish Society of Arts]]. He served as its Secretary from foundation until 1824, Vice President 1828-9 and 1833–4, and as President 1841–2.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rssa.org.uk/history/past-presidents.shtml\|title=RSSA: History: Past Presidents\|website=rssa.org.uk\|language=en\|access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref>

	In the 1830s he is listed as living at 9 Atholl Crescent, a large townhouse in [[Edinburgh\|Edinburgh's]] west end.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://digital.nls.uk/83401539\|title=Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832-1833~~\|last=\|first=\|date=~~\|website=National Library of Scotland~~\|archive-url=\|archive-date=~~\|access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref>		In the 1830s he is listed as living at 9 Atholl Crescent, a large townhouse in [[Edinburgh\|Edinburgh's]] west end.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://digital.nls.uk/83401539\|title=Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832-1833\|website=National Library of Scotland\|access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref>

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[[File:9 Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh.jpg|thumb|John Robison's house at 9 Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh]]
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'''Sir John Robison''' [[Royal Guelphic Order|KH]] [[FRSE]] [[FRSSA]] (11 June 1778 – 7 March 1843) was a Scottish inventor and writer on scientific subjects. He was the son of the physicist and mathematician, [[John Robison (physicist)|Professor John Robison]].

==Life==

He was born in [[Edinburgh]] on 11 June 1778, the son of Rachel Wright and [[John Robison (physicist)|John Robison]].<ref name=":0">http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf</ref>

===Education and first job===
Robison was educated at the [[Royal High School (Edinburgh)|High School in Edinburgh]] and then studied at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. Around 1795 he entered the [[Cotton-spinning machinery|cotton-spinning]] industry, first in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]] and then moving south to [[Manchester]].

===Hyderabad, India===
In 1802 he entered the service of [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] as a contractor for the establishment and maintenance of military service. He left India a wealthy man, in 1815.

===Edinburgh===
In 1816 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] and served as its General Secretary from 1828 to 1840. His proposers were [[John Playfair]], [[David Brewster]] and [[James Jardine (engineer)|James Jardine]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}</ref>

In 1821, with [[David Brewster]] he jointly founded the [[Scottish Society of Arts]]. He served as its Secretary from foundation until 1824, Vice President 1828-9 and 1833-4, and as President 1841-2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rssa.org.uk/history/past-presidents.shtml|title=RSSA: History: Past Presidents|website=www.rssa.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref>

In the 1830s he is listed as living at 9 Atholl Crescent, a large townhouse in [[Edinburgh|Edinburgh's]] west end.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://digital.nls.uk/83401539|title=Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832-1833|last=|first=|date=|website=National Library of Scotland|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref>

===Law Enforcement===
From 1834 he was the Edinburgh Commissioner of Police.

He received the [[Guelphic Order]] in 1837 from William IV and knighted in 1838. He founded the [[Royal Scottish Society of Art]] in 1841 and served as its first President.

===Death===
He died at his final house in Edinburgh, 13 Randolph Crescent,<ref>Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1840-41</ref> on 7 March 1843. A memorial exists to Sir John Robison on the south wall of [[Church of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh|St John's Episcopal Church]] in [[Edinburgh]] a few hundred yards east of his house.

==Notable Inventions==
see<ref>Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: John Robison</ref>

*Tapered wood screws (1829)
*Pneumatic cheese press (1830)
*Furniture [[casters]] (1835)
*Improved [[gas cooker]] (1839)
*Improved [[gas lighting]] (1839)
*Improved [[camera lucida]] (1841)
*Machine for creating curved files (1842)
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==Family==

He married twice, firstly in 1816 to Jean Grahame who died in 1824 and secondly to Miss Benson who died in 1837.<ref name=":0" /> His granddaughters were the novelists [[Emily Gerard]] (1849-1905) and [[Dorothea Gerard]] (1855-1915).

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