Person    | Male  Born 31/5/1872  Died 13/9/1944

William Heath Robinson

Categories: Art

Comic artist and illustrator. Born in Finsbury Park. He started his career as a book illustrator, and during WW1 began drawing cartoons of unlikely secret weapons. His later works of wonderfully complicated devices, earned his name a place in the dictionary.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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William Heath Robinson

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William Heath Robinson - Highgate

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William Heath Robinson - Pinner

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