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Ken Robinson

1950 - 2020

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Sir Kenneth Robinson (4 March 1950 – 21 August 2020) was a British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies. He was director of the Arts in Schools Project (1985–1989) and Professor of Arts Education at the University of Warwick (1989–2001), and professor emeritus after leaving the university. In 2003, he was knighted for services to the arts. Originally from a working-class Liverpool family, Robinson moved to Los Angeles with his wife and children around September 2001 to serve as senior advisor to the president of the J. Paul Getty Trust. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Robinson is the 1,348th most popular writer (up from 3,104th in 2019), the 1,219th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,255th in 2019) and the 129th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Ken Robinson ranks 1,348 out of 7,302. Before him are Clodia Pulchra, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Giovanni Verga, Imru' al-Qais, Martha Gellhorn, and Chikamatsu Monzaemon. After him are Yan Fu, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Paul Scarron, Fredric Brown, David C. H. Austin, and Norman Mailer.

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Among people born in 1950, Ken Robinson ranks 81. Before him are Chen Shui-bian, Sudha Murty, Jerry Zucker, Linda Thompson, Nora Roberts, and Robert B. Laughlin. After him are Karen Carpenter, Paul Watson, David Graf, Assef Shawkat, Yumi Umeoka, and Kurt Koch. Among people deceased in 2020, Ken Robinson ranks 92. Before him are Stanley Ho, Michael Jeffery, Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Terry Jones, Conchata Ferrell, and Paul H. O'Neill. After him are Momčilo Krajišnik, Kelly Preston, Olof Thunberg, Chuck Yeager, Clive Cussler, and Wilford Brimley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ken Robinson ranks 1,219 out of 8,785. Before him are William Bligh (1754), Tom Simpson (1937), A. J. Ayer (1910), Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), Jill Ireland (1936), and Pete Postlethwaite (1946). After him are Eric Idle (1943), Natascha McElhone (1969), Mick Jones (1955), Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862), David C. H. Austin (1926), and Inigo Jones (1573).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ken Robinson ranks 129. Before him are Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Michael Jackson (1942), Arthur Hailey (1920), Dylan Thomas (1914), Lobsang Rampa (1910), and Barbara Cartland (1901). After him are David C. H. Austin (1926), Robert Browning (1812), P. D. James (1920), E. L. James (1963), John Berger (1926), and Allan Pinkerton (1819).

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