Arthur H. Robinson (January 5, 1915 – October 10, 2004) was an American geographer and cartographer, who was professor in the Geography Department at the University of Wisconsin in Madison from 1947 until he retired in 1980. He was a prolific writer and influential philosopher on cartography, and one of his most notable accomplishments is the Robinson projection in 1961.
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“Thou shalt have one God only; who
Would be at the expense of two?
No graven images may be
Worshipped, except the currency:”
—Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861)
“We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
“But go, and if you listen she will call,
Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal—
Luke Havergal.”
—Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)