Later Life and Work
After being rejected from a prospective Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, Robin Farquharson worked for a brief time as an academic at Cambridge University.
After losing this job Robin worked in various other administrative positions, including being a manager for a call center.
Robin Farquharson also contributed to the counter-cultural Bitman magazine which published a special obituary edition as tribute to Robin after his death in 1973.
His friend, Guy Legge, who knew Robin from his time in Horton mental asylum, thought Robin was an alcoholic and blames his wild mood swings on his dependency.
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