David Robinson (philanthropist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David Robinson (philanthropist)

British entrepreneur and philanthropist

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1904

Place of Birth: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 10-Jan-1987

Profession: entrepreneur, philanthropist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sir David Robinson (13 April 1904 – 10 January 1987) was a British entrepreneur and philanthropist.
He donated £18 million to the University of Cambridge to establish a new college in his name.
Robinson College, Cambridge, the newest in the university, was formally opened in 1981.
Robinson also donated £3 million to start the Rosie Hospital, named after his mother, which is now a part of Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. Robinson was born in Cambridge, England, but later moved to Bedford.
He built a business renting radios and televisions, which was commercially successful.
Robinson was also involved with horse-racing: in the late 1960s and 1970s he owned a large number of winning horses which also yielded significant profits. His racing stables, Clarehaven, was one of the biggest racing stables in England.
His string of 120-150 horses was split between two trainers, Michael Jarvis and Paul Davey. He was knighted in 1985, and died two years later in Newmarket, the centre of English horse-racing.