Robert Robinson (engineer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Robinson (engineer)

mechanical engineer, born 1907

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1907

Place of Birth: Jamaica

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1994

Profession: engineer

Nationality: United States, Jamaica

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Robert Nathaniel Robinson (June 22 1906 – February 23 1994) was a Jamaican-born toolmaker who worked in the auto industry in the United States.
At the age of 23, he was recruited to work in the Soviet Union.
Shortly after his arrival in Stalingrad, Robinson was racially assaulted by two white American workers, both of whom were subsequently arrested, tried and expelled from the Soviet Union with great publicity.
Starting with a one-year contract by Russians to work in the Soviet Union, Robinson twice renewed his contract.
After the publicity of his assault, he felt unable to return to the US and accepted Soviet citizenship.
He earned a degree in mechanical engineering.
His repeated attempts to visit outside the USSR finally resulted in an approved trip to Uganda in 1974, where he asked for and was given asylum.
He married an African-American professor working there.
He finally gained re-entry to the United States in 1986, and gained attention for his accounts of his 44 years in the Soviet Union.