James Robb

James Robb may refer to:

  • James Robb (politician) (1859–1929), Canadian politician
  • James Robb (RAF officer) (1895–1968), RAF commander
  • James Robb (philosopher) (1918–1993), professor of philosophy at Marquette University
  • J. Hampden Robb (James Hampden Robb, 1846–1911), New York politician

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    To treat a “big” subject in the intensely summarized fashion demanded by an evening’s traffic of the stage when the evening, freely clipped at each end, is reduced to two hours and a half, is a feat of which the difficulty looms large.
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

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    —Charles S. Robb (b. 1939)