William Andrew Coulthard Robinson (born 14 March 1957) is a British author, journalist and former newspaper editor.

Andrew Robinson was educated at the Dragon School, Eton College (where he was a King's Scholar), University College, Oxford (where he read chemistry), and finally the School of Oriental and African Studies (in London). He is the son of Neville Robinson, an Oxford physicist, and Daphne Robinson.

Robinson first visited India in 1975, and has been involved with the country's culture ever since. He has authored many books and articles, including biographical works on Jean-Francois Champollion, Albert Einstein, Satyajit Ray, Rabindranath Tagore, Michael Ventris, and Thomas Young. Until 2006, he was the literary editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement. He has also been a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is based in London and is now a full-time writer. He writes articles for journals and magazines, including History Today,, Nature, New Scientist, Science, Science Focus, and The Lancet.

Robinson is a member of the British Museum Friends Advisory Council.

Bibliography

Books Robinson has authored and edited the following books:

Maharaja: The Spectacular Heritage of Princely India with Sumio Uchiyama. Thames & Hudson (1988). .Andrew Robinson, Mughal dance of the seven veils that wasn't and other tales unravelled from a rich and royal material past. Times Higher Education Supplement, 26 November 1999. Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye. André Deutsch (1989). .Salman Rushdie, Homage to Satyajit Ray. London Review of Books, 12(5):9, 8 March 1990. The Art of Rabindranath Tagore. André Deutsch (1989). .Andrew Robinson, Foreign fields with inspiring corners. Times Higher Education Supplement, 5 October 2001. The Shape of the World with Simon Berthon. George Philip (1991). . Earth Shock: Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes & Other Forces of Nature. Thames & Hudson (1993). .Andrew Robinson, No crystal ball for natural disasters. Nature, 463:160, 14 January 2010. .All shook up. Physics World, 2 January 2007. Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-minded Man with Krishna Dutta. St. Martin's Press (1995). . Also: Bloomsbury (1997). .C. A. Bayly, Under Western eyes. Times Literary Supplement, 1997. Rabindranath Tagore: An Anthology with Krishna Dutta. St. Martin's Press (1997). . Also: Griffin (1998). . Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore with Krishna Dutta. Cambridge University Press (1997). . The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms. (1995); Thames & Hudson (2000). .Andrew Robinson, Andrew Robinson on the story of writing. The Times, 29 September 2007. The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris. Thames & Hudson (2002). .Torsten Meissen, Some mysteries undeciphered. Times Literary Supplement, 2002.Jane Jakeman, Man Who Deciphered Linear B, by Andrew Robinson — The decoding of a fascinating human story, The Independent, 24 April 2002.Andrew Robinson, Silent letters from the past. Times Higher Education Supplement, 24 May 2002. Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Great Undeciphered Scripts. McGraw-Hill (2002). .James McConnachie, Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts by Andrew Robinson. The Sunday Times, 8 March 2009.Andrew Robinson, Decoding antiquity: Eight scripts that still can't be read. New Scientist, 27 May 2009. Satyajit Ray, The Inner Eye: The Biography of a Master Film-Maker. I.B. Tauris (2003). . Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema with Nemai Ghosh. I.B. Tauris (2005). .Andrew Robinson, Ray of light still shines in the dark — The author Andrew Robinson recalls his meetings with the film director Satyajit Ray, one of the giants of world cinema. The Times, 18 August 2005. Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity. Palazzo Editions (2005). . The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, The Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius. Pi Press (2006). .P. D. Smith, Reluctant polymath, book review, The Guardian, 20 January 2007.Michael Sims, Book Review: Scientist Young, international man of mystery, Los Angeles Times, 7 February 2007.David Weatherall, Thomas Young: a medical polymath. The Lancet, 369(9560):455–456, 10 February 2007. . The Story of Measurement. Thames & Hudson (2007). .Stuart Hannabuss, , Library Review, 57(7):557–558, 2008. Emerald Group Publishing.Jens Vigen, Summer bookshelf — The story of measurement . CERN Courier, 8 July 2008.Eileen Magnello, Plus or Minus. Times Literary Supplement, 13 June 2008. Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press (2009). .Steven Poole, Writing and Script by Andrew Robinson. The Guardian, 19 September 2009.Greg Neale, "Book reviews: Writing and Script". Oxford Today, 22(2):37, 2010. Genius: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press (2011). . Cracking the Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion. Thames & Hudson (2012). . Oxford University Press (2012). . The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery (editor). Thames & Hudson (2012). . India: A Short History. Thames & Hudson (2014). . The Indus: Lost Civilizations. Reaktion Books (2015). . Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations and Civilization. Thames & Hudson (2016). . Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist. Yale University Press (2019). . Einstein in Oxford. Bodleian Library Publishing (2024). .

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External links

Andrew Robinson official website Selected Books by Andrew Robinson