Biography
A. N. R. Robinson, born in Tobago to Isabella and James A. Robinson, attended Castara Methodist School on the island, where his father was Head Master. From there he became the first Bowles Scholar to Bishop's High School, Tobago, in 1939, and later the first House Scholarship winner from Bishop's High School in 1942. As candidate for Island scholarship from Bishop's High School in 1944 and 1945, he obtained the Higher School Certificate in both years with Distinction in Latin. Continuing his studies in Tobago, Robinson gained admission to the Bachelor of Laws Degree of London University as an external student in 1949.
In 1951, he left for the United Kingdom, where he gained admission to the Inner Temple and passed the Bar Final Examinations in 1953. That same year he was admitted to St. John's College, Oxford, where he obtained a good Second-Class Honors Degree in two years in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He was admitted to practise as a Barrister-at-Law in Trinidad and Tobago in 1955 and was in the Chambers of Sir Courtney Hannays from 1957 to 1961.
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