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Name	Sir Roy Lister Robinson
Alternative Names	Baron Robinson
Born	8 March, 1883 Macclesfield, South Australia, Australia
Died	5 September, 1952 (aged 69) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Education *	Macclesfield primary school (SA) (student) Port Adelaide primary school (SA) (student, ?-1895) St Peter's College (Adelaide) (student, 1896-1899) South Australian School of Mines and Industries (student, 1900-1904) University of Adelaide (student, 1901-1904) Oxford University (student, 1905-1907)
Occupation or Descriptor *	forester (1909-1952) Overseas
Awards	Rhodes Scholar (recipient, 1905) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1918) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1931) Lord (recipient, 1947)
Key Organisations *	Institute of Foresters of Australia (honorary member, 1948-1952)
Workplaces *	Townsville Grammar School (Qld) (teacher, 1904-1904)

* Dates are approximate