Robin Cavendish, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robin Cavendish

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1930

Place of Birth: Middleton-by-Youlgreave, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Aug-1994

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Robin Cavendish

  • Robin Francis Cavendish, MBE (12 March 1930 – 8 August 1994), was a British advocate for disabled people, medical aid developer, and one of the longest-lived responauts in Britain.
  • Born in Middleton, Derbyshire, Cavendish was affected by polio at the age of 28.
  • Despite being initially given only three months to live, Cavendish, paralysed from the neck down and able to breathe only with the use of a mechanical ventilator, became a tireless advocate for disabled people, instrumental in organising the first records of the number of responauts in Britain and helping to develop numerous devices to provide independence to paralysed people.

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