Austin Robinson

Professor E. Austin G. Robinson (20 November 1897 - 1 June 1993) was a Cambridge economist and husband of Joan Robinson. He was a fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

A close associate of John Maynard Keynes, Robinson served as assistant editor during Keynes' period as editor of the Economic Journal; following Keynes' retirement in 1944, Robinson took over the joint editorship with Roy Harrod. He was at the centre of economic policy-making during and after the Second World War, and spent the postwar years working as a professor, editor and economic adviser. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-0133%28199407%29104%3A425%3C903%3AAR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M&origin=bc]

In the course of his life, Robinson also served as a seaplane pilot during the First World War, and spent two years in the 1920s tutoring a Maharajah in India.

The Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge is located in the Austin Robinson Building, a tribute to Robinson's contributions to the subject.

Major Works

* "The Structure of Competitive Industry" (1931)
* "Monopoly" (1934)