gall wasp: Major species: The bedeguar gall (also called moss gall, or robin’s pincushion), which may contain about 50 or more larvae, is commonly seen on rose bushes and is caused by the gall wasp Diplolepis rosae.

Christopher Robin, fictional character, an English boy whose adventures with Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, and other animals are the basis of the stories in the classic children’s books Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928) by A.A. Milne. The character was based on the author’s

locust, (genus Robinia), genus of about 10 species of flowering trees and shrubs in the pea family (Fabaceae), occurring in eastern North America and Mexico. Several locust trees are cultivated as ornamentals, especially the black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), often called false acacia, or yellow

locust: …cultivated as ornamentals, especially the black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), often called false acacia, or yellow locust. A number of species are also useful for erosion control and as timber trees.

Croatian literature: …Empire; Hanibal Lucić, author of Robinja (“The Slave Girl”), the first South Slav secular play; Marin Držić, who wrote pastoral dramas and comedies portraying Renaissance Dubrovnik (his comedy Dundo Maroje, first performed about 1551, played throughout western Europe); and poet Petar Hektorović. In the 17th and 18th centuries the leading…

Los Angeles Dodgers, American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles that plays in the National League (NL). The team has won nine World Series titles and 26 NL pennants. Founded in 1883, the Dodgers were originally based in Brooklyn, New York, and were known as the Atlantics. The team

Benjamin Robins was a British mathematician and military engineer who laid the groundwork for modern ordnance (field-artillery) theory and practice with his New Principles of Gunnery (1742), which invalidated old suppositions about the nature and action of gunpowder and the flight of projectiles

Margaret Dreier Robins was an American labour reformer who helped lead the movement to improve the condition of women and children in industry. In 1905 she married Raymond Robins (1873–1954), a settlement worker and former successful gold prospector who shared her social concerns. From 1907 until

the Coasters, American rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll vocal quartet, one of the most popular of the 1950s. The principal members were Carl Gardner (b. April 29, 1928, Tyler, Texas, U.S.—d. June 12, 2011, Port St. Lucie, Fla.), Bobby Nunn (b. June 25, 1925, Birmingham, Ala.—d. Nov. 5, 1986, Los

List of Famous Game Shows: Robinson: …is clear in this reality-based desert island competition that debuted on Swedish television in 1997 as Expedition: Robinson (think Robinson Crusoe). By the end of its first season, it was the most popular TV show in Sweden. If the format seems reminiscent of Survivor, that’s because it is. The American…

Robinson Crusoe, novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in London in 1719. Defoe’s first long work of fiction, it introduced two of the most-enduring characters in English literature: Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Crusoe is the novel’s narrator. He describes how, as a headstrong young man, he ignored

children’s literature: Germany and Austria: …fruit of the movement was Robinson der Jüngere (1779; “The Young Robinson”), by Joachim Heinrich Campe, who adapted Defoe along Rousseauist lines, his eye sharply fixed on what he considered to be the natural interests of the child. Interchapters of useful moral conversations between the author and his pupils were…

Henry Luce was an American magazine publisher who built a publishing empire on Time, Fortune, and Life magazines, becoming one of the most powerful figures in the history of American journalism. Luce’s publications, founded as a means of educating what he considered a poorly informed American

Trinidad and Tobago: Independent Trinidad and Tobago: …a coalition party led by A.N.R. Robinson, won the majority of seats on a program calling for divestment of most state-owned companies, reorganization of the civil service, and structural readjustment of the economy in the light of shrinking oil revenues. Although the NAR government succeeded somewhat in stimulating economic growth…

Infinitesimals: …the 1960s the German-born American Abraham Robinson similarly used nonstandard models of analysis to create a setting where the nonrigorous infinitesimal arguments of early calculus could be rehabilitated. He found that the old arguments could always be justified, usually with less trouble than the standard justifications with limits. He also…

artificial intelligence programming language: …Illinois by the British logician Alan Robinson. PROLOG can determine whether or not a given statement follows logically from other given statements. For example, given the statements “All logicians are rational” and “Robinson is a logician,” a PROLOG program responds in the affirmative to the query “Robinson is rational?” PROLOG…

Anastasia Robinson was an English singer, who was a frequent soloist on the London operatic and concert stages between 1714 and 1724. Robinson’s father was Thomas Robinson, a portrait artist, but the identity of her mother is unclear. Like some other members of her family, Anastasia was a Roman

schooner: …1713, by a shipbuilder named Andrew Robinson.

Bill Robinson was an American dancer of Broadway and Hollywood, best known for his dancing roles with Shirley Temple in films of the 1930s. Robinson’s parents having died when he was a child, he was raised by a grandmother and received little formal schooling. He began dancing for pennies at the

Chung Ling Soo was an American conjurer who gained fame in England by impersonating a Chinese magician, both on and off the stage. (Read Harry Houdini’s 1926 Britannica essay on magic.) He began performing in the United States using the stage name William E. (“Billy”) Robinson. While in England in

Boardman Robinson was a Canadian-American illustrator and painter noted for his political cartoons. As a student in Paris in 1898, first at the Académie Colarossi, then the École des Beaux Arts, Robinson was influenced by the great tradition of French political cartooning that was begun by Honoré

Brooks Robinson was an American professional baseball player who was widely considered the best defensive third baseman in the history of the sport. In 23 seasons (1955–77) with the Baltimore Orioles of the American League (AL), he won the Gold Glove Award 16 times and set career records for a

Brooks Robinson was an American professional baseball player who was widely considered the best defensive third baseman in the history of the sport. In 23 seasons (1955–77) with the Baltimore Orioles of the American League (AL), he won the Gold Glove Award 16 times and set career records for a

City Beautiful movement: The movement’s chief spokesperson, Charles Mulford Robinson, a muckraking journalist from Rochester, New York, helped inspire politicians to perceive it as a move toward increased civic virtue and the waning of social ills. He published his first major book on the subject, The Improvement of Towns and Cities, in…

Sly and the Family Stone: …born March 21, 1945, Vallejo) Cynthia Robinson (born January 12, 1944, Sacramento, California—died November 23, 2015, Carmichael, California) Jerry Martini (born October 1, 1943, Boulder, Colorado) Larry Graham (born August 14, 1946, Beaumont, Texas) Greg Errico (born September 1, 1946,

the Cars: …keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and drummer David Robinson. The band’s steady stream of albums from 1978 to 1987 cemented them as one of the major pillars of the new wave rock movement from the late 1970s through the late 1980s.

David Robinson is an American basketball player who won two National Basketball Association (NBA) titles with the San Antonio Spurs (1999, 2003). Robinson played basketball at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., leading the academy team to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

David Robinson is an American basketball player who won two National Basketball Association (NBA) titles with the San Antonio Spurs (1999, 2003). Robinson played basketball at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., leading the academy team to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

Eddie Robinson was an American collegiate football coach, who set a record (later surpassed) for most career wins (408). He spent his entire head-coach career at Grambling State University in Louisiana. On October 7, 1995, having guided Grambling to a 42–6 win over Mississippi Valley State, he

Edward Robinson was an American biblical scholar, considered the father of biblical geography. Robinson graduated from Hamilton College in 1816, taught mathematics and Greek there, was instructor in Hebrew at Andover Theological Seminary, and in 1826 went to Europe to study in the major German

Edward G. Robinson was an American stage and film actor who skillfully played a wide range of character types but was best known for his portrayals of gangsters and criminals. Robinson was born in Romania but emigrated with his parents at age 10 and grew up on New York’s Lower East Side. He gave up

Eddie Robinson was an American collegiate football coach, who set a record (later surpassed) for most career wins (408). He spent his entire head-coach career at Grambling State University in Louisiana. On October 7, 1995, having guided Grambling to a 42–6 win over Mississippi Valley State, he

Edwin Arlington Robinson was an American poet who is best known for his short dramatic poems concerning the people in a small New England village, Tilbury Town, very much like the Gardiner, Maine, in which he grew up. After his family suffered financial reverses, Robinson cut short his attendance

John Dalton: Early life and education: …experiences of two important mentors: Elihu Robinson, a Quaker gentleman of some means and scientific tastes in Eaglesfield, and John Gough, a mathematical and classical scholar in Kendal. From these men John acquired the rudiments of mathematics, Greek, and Latin. Robinson and Gough were also amateur meteorologists in the Lake…

Elizabeth Montagu was one of the first Bluestockings, a group of English women who organized conversation evenings to find a more worthy pastime than card playing. She made her house in London’s Mayfair the social centre of intellectual society, regularly entertaining such luminaries as Lord

Lennox Robinson was an Irish playwright and theatrical producer associated with the Abbey Theatre; a leading figure in the later stages of the Irish literary renaissance. When still young Robinson became devoted to the cause of Irish nationalism through seeing performances of the Abbey Theatre

Frank Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first Black manager in Major League Baseball. As a youth, Robinson played sandlot and American Legion Junior League baseball in Oakland, California, and at McClymonds High School, where he also played football and

Psychiana: …happiness, founded in 1929 by Frank B. Robinson (1886–1948), a pharmacist of Moscow, Idaho. The son of an English Baptist minister, Robinson studied in a Canadian Bible school but later rejected organized religion. He was subsequently influenced by the New Thought movement and experienced religious conversion. This convinced him that…

Fred Shuttlesworth was an American minister and civil rights activist who established, with Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Ella Baker, and others, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and who worked to end segregation in the South. Shuttlesworth was the primary instigator

Frederick John Robinson, 1st earl of Ripon was the prime minister of Great Britain from August 1827 to January 1828. He received from the radical journalist William Cobbett the sardonic nicknames “Prosperity Robinson” (for his unwarranted optimism on the eve of the 1825 economic crisis) and “Goody

George Geoffrey Dawson was an English journalist, editor of The Times from 1912 to 1919 and from 1923 until his retirement in 1941. He changed his surname from Robinson to Dawson following an inheritance in 1917. Dawson was educated at Eton College and at Magdalen College, Oxford, and was elected a

Milwaukee Bucks: …draft lottery and selected forward Glenn Robinson. Robinson and sharpshooting guard Ray Allen led the Bucks back to the postseason in 1998–99. Milwaukee was defeated by the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the playoffs that season and in the following one. In 2000–01 the Bucks advanced to another…

Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson was a writer and woman suffrage leader in the United States. Robinson was a mill operative for the Tremont Corporation at Lowell, Mass., beginning at the age of 10 as a bobbin doffer, and she later wrote poems and prose for the Lowell Offering, the mill operatives’

Hetty Green was a financier who was reputedly the wealthiest woman of her time in the United States. Henrietta Howland Robinson was connected on the maternal Howland side to one of the great mercantile families of New England. She was reared in a home of Quaker austerity, however, and schooled

Henry Crabb Robinson was an English man of letters whose voluminous diaries provide valuable information on life in the Romantic and early Victorian periods and give lively portraits of its literary personalities. Living in London from 1796, Robinson practiced law as a barrister on the Norfolk

Henry Peach Robinson was an English photographer whose Pictorialist photographs and writings made him one of the most influential photographers of the second half of the 19th century. At age 21 Robinson was an amateur painter precocious enough to have one of his paintings hung at the Royal Academy

Henry Wheeler Robinson was a notable Nonconformist English Baptist theologian and Old Testament scholar. Robinson studied at Regent’s Park College, London, the University of Edinburgh, Mansfield College, Oxford, and Marburg and Strasbourg universities (1890–1900), and then became Baptist minister

David Barnard Steinman: Steinman joined Holton D. Robinson of the United States in constructing the Florianópolis Bridge in Brazil, the beginning of a long partnership. That bridge, then the largest in South America, incorporated a new type of stiffening truss and new cable construction.

Peter David Robinson: …fellow MP and assembly member, Iris, who had stated that homosexuality was “an abomination.” A larger scandal unfolded about a year later, following revelations that Robinson’s wife had improperly secured a £50,000 loan for a man with whom she had been conducting an affair. In January 2010 Robinson temporarily stepped…

Jackie Robinson was the first Black baseball player to play in the American major leagues during the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the decades-old “color line” of Major League Baseball (MLB) when he appeared on the field for the National League Brooklyn Dodgers. He played as an

Jackie Robinson was the first Black baseball player to play in the American major leagues during the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the decades-old “color line” of Major League Baseball (MLB) when he appeared on the field for the National League Brooklyn Dodgers. He played as an

circus: Equestrian acts: James Robinson, a mid-19th-century American, was one such rider. He was billed as “the One Great and Only Hero and Bareback Horseman and Gold Champion-Belted Emperor of All Equestrians.”

James A. Robinson is a British-American political scientist, economist, and winner, with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics (the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel) “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect

James A. Robinson is a British-American political scientist, economist, and winner, with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics (the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel) “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect

James Harvey Robinson was a U.S. historian, one of the founders of the “new history” that greatly broadened the scope of historical scholarship in relation to the social sciences. The son of a bank president, Robinson went to Europe for a short while in 1882 and returned to work briefly in his

Janelle Monáe is an American singer and actor best known for the albums The ArchAndroid (2010), The Electric Lady (2013), and Dirty Computer (2018) as well as for roles in the 2016 films Moonlight and Hidden Figures. Monáe was born Janelle Monáe Robinson to a large extended family of devout

Joan Robinson was a British economist and academic who contributed to the development and furtherance of Keynesian economic theory. Joan Maurice studied at the University of Cambridge, earning a degree in economics in 1925. In 1926 she married Austin Robinson, another Cambridge economist. She

Joan Robinson was a British economist and academic who contributed to the development and furtherance of Keynesian economic theory. Joan Maurice studied at the University of Cambridge, earning a degree in economics in 1925. In 1926 she married Austin Robinson, another Cambridge economist. She

electromagnetism: Formulation of the quantitative laws of electrostatics and magnetostatics: …Henry Cavendish, as well as John Robison of Scotland, had made quantitative determinations of this principle before Coulomb, but they had not published their work.)

John Robinson was an English Puritan minister called the pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers for his guidance of their religious life before their journey to North America aboard the “Mayflower” in 1620. In 1602 Robinson became a curate at St. Andrew’s Church, Norwich. His refusal to conform to the

Esther Duflo: …Kremer, and the American economist Jonathan Robinson used field experiments to investigate the question of why smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa often failed to adopt modern technologies, such as fertilizer, that were relatively simple to use and potentially greatly beneficial. Focusing on farmers in western Kenya, they demonstrated experimentally that…

Joseph T. Robinson was an American lawyer and legislator, a major figure in the enactment of New Deal legislation. He represented Arkansas in the U.S. House of Representatives (1903–13) and the U.S. Senate (1913–37). Admitted to the bar in 1895, Robinson practiced law in Lonoke. In 1902 he was

Joseph T. Robinson was an American lawyer and legislator, a major figure in the enactment of New Deal legislation. He represented Arkansas in the U.S. House of Representatives (1903–13) and the U.S. Senate (1913–37). Admitted to the bar in 1895, Robinson practiced law in Lonoke. In 1902 he was

science fiction: Utopias and dystopias: Kim Stanley Robinson’s Martian Trilogy—Red Mars (1992), Green Mars (1994), and Blue Mars (1996)—describes planetary settlers creating an idealist pioneer society under Martian physical conditions.

Lennox Robinson was an Irish playwright and theatrical producer associated with the Abbey Theatre; a leading figure in the later stages of the Irish literary renaissance. When still young Robinson became devoted to the cause of Irish nationalism through seeing performances of the Abbey Theatre

Lori Robinson is a U.S. Air Force (USAF) general who served (2016–18) as commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM), becoming the highest-ranking woman in United States military history. Robinson’s family was steeped in military

Bill Robinson was an American dancer of Broadway and Hollywood, best known for his dancing roles with Shirley Temple in films of the 1930s. Robinson’s parents having died when he was a child, he was raised by a grandmother and received little formal schooling. He began dancing for pennies at the

Marilynne Robinson is an American author known for her graceful language and studied observations on humankind and religion in works of fiction and nonfiction. Her best-known works include her debut novel, Housekeeping (1980), and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead (2004). Summers grew up in Coeur

An American singer, songwriter, music publisher, and NASCAR driver, Marty Robbins was one of the most popular country music performers in the 1950s through the early 1980s. Martin David Robinson was born on September 26, 1925, in a shack in the desert outside Glendale, Arizona, then an agricultural

Mary Robinson is an Irish lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as the first woman president of Ireland (1990–97). She later was United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR; 1997–2002). Robinson was educated at Trinity College and King’s Inns in Dublin and at Harvard University

Mary Ann Cotton was a British nurse and housekeeper who was believed to be Britain’s most prolific female serial killer. She allegedly poisoned up to 21 people. Mary Ann grew up in Durham county, northeastern England. According to some sources, she left home at age 16 to work as a nurse but

Mary Blair was an American artist, art director, and designer known for her colorful and modern illustrations that helped define the visual style of Disney’s classic animated movies, including Cinderella (1950), Alice in Wonderland (1951), and Peter Pan (1953). Walt Disney recognized Blair’s

Max Robinson was an American television journalist and the first African American man to anchor a nightly network newscast. Robinson was also the first African American to anchor a local news program in Washington, D.C. Robinson’s first journalism job began and ended in 1959, when he was hired to

Max Robinson was an American television journalist and the first African American man to anchor a nightly network newscast. Robinson was also the first African American to anchor a local news program in Washington, D.C. Robinson’s first journalism job began and ended in 1959, when he was hired to

Michelle Obama is an American first lady (2009–17), the wife of Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States. She was the first African American first lady. Michelle Robinson, who grew up on Chicago’s South Side, was the daughter of Marian, a homemaker, and Frasier Robinson, a worker in the

Peter David Robinson was a politician who served in the British House of Commons (1979–85, 1986–2010) and who became the first minister of Northern Ireland on June 5, 2008, serving in that capacity until January 2016. Robinson grew up in Belfast in an era when Northern Ireland’s mainly Protestant

Randall Robinson was an American writer and political activist who founded (1977) the TransAfrica Forum (now TransAfrica), an organization established to influence U.S. policies toward Africa and the Caribbean. Robinson notably called for the United States to make reparations to African Americans

number game: Perfect numbers and Mersenne numbers: mathematician Raphael M. Robinson had applied Lucas’ test and, by means of electronic digital computers, had found the Mersenne primes for n = 521; 607; 1,279; 2,203; and 2,281, thus adding five more perfect numbers to the list. By the 21st century, more than 40 Mersenne…

Ray Charles was an American pianist, singer, composer, and bandleader, a leading entertainer billed as “the Genius.” Charles was credited with the early development of soul music, a style based on a melding of gospel, rhythm and blues, and jazz music. When Charles was an infant his family moved to

Madagascar: Return to constitutional order: Richard Jean-Louis Robinson, supported by Ravalomanana, and Hery Martial Rakotoarimanana Rajaonarimampianina, seen as an ally of Rajoelina, received the most votes—about 21 percent and 16 percent, respectively—and they advanced to a runoff election held on December 20, 2013. Voting was relatively peaceful, and international observers…

Robert Robinson was a British journalist and broadcaster known for his intelligence and acerbic wit as the host of a wide variety of often simultaneous television and radio programs. After graduating from Exeter College, Oxford, Robinson began his career in the print media and was film critic for

Robert Robinson was a British journalist and broadcaster known for his intelligence and acerbic wit as the host of a wide variety of often simultaneous television and radio programs. After graduating from Exeter College, Oxford, Robinson began his career in the print media and was film critic for

Rubye Robinson was an American civil rights activist whose short life proved to be a powerful influence on the Civil Rights Movement. Rubye Smith had little direct contact with whites while she was growing up. At age 13, however, she watched the television coverage of the boycott of the Montgomery,

Sir Hercules Robinson was a British colonial governor who was high commissioner in South Africa in 1880–89 and 1895–97. After a brief army career Robinson occupied certain civil service posts connected with the administration of Ireland. He was first posted overseas as president of Montserrat in

Sir Hercules Robinson was a British colonial governor who was high commissioner in South Africa in 1880–89 and 1895–97. After a brief army career Robinson occupied certain civil service posts connected with the administration of Ireland. He was first posted overseas as president of Montserrat in

Sir Robert Robinson was a British chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1947 for his research on a wide range of organic compounds, notably alkaloids. After obtaining his doctorate from Victoria University of Manchester in 1910, Robinson taught at various British universities

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, American vocal group that helped define the Motown sound of the 1960s and was led by one of the most gifted and influential singer-songwriters in 20th-century popular music. In addition to Smokey Robinson (byname of William Robinson; b. February 19, 1940, Detroit,

Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer, considered by many authorities to have been the best fighter in history. He held six world championship titles: once as a welterweight (held from 1946 to 1951) and five times as a middleweight (from 1951 to 1960). In his 1969 autobiography,

Sugar Hill Records: “Rapper’s Delight”: …in 1979 by industry veterans Sylvia and Joe Robinson as a label for rap music (at that time a new genre), Sugar Hill Records, based in Englewood, New Jersey, was named after the upmarket section of Harlem and funded by Manhattan-based distributor Maurice Levy. Sylvia (born Sylvia Vanderpool) had a…

Charlie Kirk: Assassination and aftermath: …a 22-year-old Utah man named Tyler Robinson in Kirk’s death. Family members reportedly said Robinson had expressed contempt for Kirk’s political views.

V. Gene Robinson was the ninth Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire (2004–13) and the first openly gay bishop in the Anglican Communion. Robinson was born into poverty, the son of Kentucky tobacco sharecroppers. Because his parents had been expecting a girl, they decided to name the child Vicky Gene;

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, American vocal group that helped define the Motown sound of the 1960s and was led by one of the most gifted and influential singer-songwriters in 20th-century popular music. In addition to Smokey Robinson (byname of William Robinson; b. February 19, 1940, Detroit,

William Robinson was a British landscape designer who was a leading exponent of the wild, or natural, garden, which he advocated in voluminous writings, intemperately expressed, throughout a long life. Robinson began as a working gardener in Ireland but moved to the Royal Botanic Society’s garden

Chung Ling Soo was an American conjurer who gained fame in England by impersonating a Chinese magician, both on and off the stage. (Read Harry Houdini’s 1926 Britannica essay on magic.) He began performing in the United States using the stage name William E. (“Billy”) Robinson. While in England in

William Heath Robinson was a British cartoonist, book illustrator, and designer of theatrical scenery, who was best known for his cartoons that featured fantastic machinery. In 1887 Robinson went to Islington School of Art and later briefly attended the Royal Academy schools, London. He illustrated

Ralston Purina Company, former American manufacturer of cereals, packaged foods, pet food, and livestock feed. A merger with Nestlé in December 2001 created Nestlé Purina PetCare Company. The company—initially called the Robinson-Danforth Commission Company—was founded in St. Louis, Missouri, in

Robinson-Patman Act, U.S. law enacted in 1936 that protects small businesses from being driven out of the marketplace by prohibiting discrimination in pricing, promotional allowances, and advertising by large franchised companies. The Robinson-Patman Act is also intended to protect wholesalers from

Robinson-Patman Act, U.S. law enacted in 1936 that protects small businesses from being driven out of the marketplace by prohibiting discrimination in pricing, promotional allowances, and advertising by large franchised companies. The Robinson-Patman Act is also intended to protect wholesalers from

robinsonade, any novel written in imitation of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719–22) that deals with the problem of the castaway’s survival on a desert island. One of the best known robinsonades is Swiss Family Robinson (1812–27) by Johann Rudolf Wyss, in which a shipwrecked clergyman, his wife,

Robert Johnson: Childhood and early years: …youth, however, was spent in Robinsonville, Mississippi, with his mother and her second husband (Dusty Willis). There Johnson learned to play the jew’s harp and harmonica before taking up the guitar. In 1929 he married 16-year-old Virginia Travis, whose death in childbirth (along with that of their baby) in April…