David Robinson
From Graces Guide
Sir David Robinson (1904-1987) of Robinson Rentals and David Robinson (of Bedford)
Born in Cambridge, the third of six sons and third of nine children of Herbert Robinson, cycle shop and later garage owner, and his wife, Rosie Emily Tricker
Educated at the Cambridge and County High School for Boys
1930 Moved to Bedford, where he took over a garage and developed it into a large and prosperous firm.
In the late 1930s, he built a business renting radios and televisions, which was also commercially successful
He donated £18 million to the University of Cambridge to establish a new college in his name - Robinson College, Cambridge - and it was formally opened in 1981
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