Early Life
Robinson was born at Sturton-Le-Steeple in Nottinghamshire, England between March and September 1576, this range of dates deduced by comparing two records at Leiden that give his age at the time of the event. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Gainsborough, and entered Corpus Christi College at the University of Cambridge in April 1692. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1596. In May 1598 he was admitted a Fellow of the University and ordained a priest of the Anglican Church. As a Fellow, he agreed not to be absent from the college more than 65 days a year. This was followed one year later in 1599 by his Master of Arts degree Following the attainment of his Master's degree, he obtained two scholarly, or administrative, positions at the college: "Praelector Greacus," a lectureship in Greek, and "Decanus," an administrative post involving student oversight.
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