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THIS IS THE DIARY JUNCTION - DATA AND LINKS FOR OVER 500 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY DIARISTS PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT ALSO TO LOOK AT KIP FENN, A MAJOR NOVEL ABOUT THE 21st CENTURY - freely available on this site Robinson, Henry Crabb ___ 1775-1867 ___ British ___ lawyer BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY Robinson was born in Bury St Edmunds, and articled to a lawyer in Colchester when 15, and subsequently to another in London. In 1796, he was left an inheritance which allowed him to travel on the Continent. Between 1800 and 1805 he studied in Germany, meeting, among others, Goethe and Schiller. He operated as a war correspondent for 'The Times' for a short while during the Peninsular War, and, on his return to London, finished his legal training and was called to the bar. Through an old friend, Catherine, who had married Thomas Clarkson, he was introduced into London literary society, meeting the likes of Charles Lamb and Wordsworth. In 1826, Robinson made a tour of Ireland; in 1828 he was one of the founding members of London University; and, in 1829, he went to Italy for several years. There is not much information on the internet about the last 30-40 years of his life, other than that he kept a detailed diary. There are 29 volumes plus 32 travel journals covering the period 1811-1867. One biography link DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS 1801-1867 ___ travel law people society Germany Italy WEB TEXT LINKS short extracts on Isle of Man ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS Dr Williams's Library London University: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College SOME PUBLISHED TITLES Diary and Correspondence of Henry Crabb Robinson May 2005 THIS IS THE DIARY JUNCTION - DATA AND LINKS FOR OVER 500 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY DIARISTS Please email if you have any corrections, additions or comments.

IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS: 1) The first line of basic information may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown, or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British' a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies. 4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges, and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising. I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries.

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