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1878-1879: John Robinson
John Robinson (1823-1902)
13th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Robinson was born in Skipton, England in 1823.
He was a locomotive engineer specializing in injector boilers. He was apprenticed in 1839 to Sharp, Roberts and Co, and in 1843 he became a partner in the firm. Twenty years later the firm became a limited company, and he became vice-chairman and co-managing director with the chairman, C. P. Stewart. Upon Stewart's death in 1882, Robinson became Chairman, which position he retained until his retirement in 1890, the year after the company moved to Glasgow.
He died in 1902.
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