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W. Heath Robinson


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
May 31, 1872

Died
September 13, 1944

Website

Genre
Art


William Heath Robinson (31 May 1872 - 13 September 1944) was an English cartoonist and illustrator best known for drawings of ridiculously complicated machines for achieving simple objectives.

His brothers, Thomas Heath Robinson and Charles Robinson were also artists.

In the U.K., the term "Heath Robinson" entered the language during the 1914–1918 First World War as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contrivance, much as "Rube Goldberg machines" came to be used in the U.S. from the 1930s onwards as a term for similar efforts. "Heath Robinson contraption" is perhaps more often used in relation to temporary fixes using ingenuity and whatever is to hand, often string and tape, or unlikely cannibalisations. Its continuing ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 1,493 ratings · 212 reviews · 158 distinct works • Similar authors
The Adventures of Uncle Lubin
4.09 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1902 — 22 editions
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Aladdin and Other Tales fro...
3.53 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions
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Contraptions
4.15 avg rating — 46 ratings — 3 editions
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How to Live in a Flat
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4.22 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1936 — 12 editions
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Inventions
4.08 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1940 — 11 editions
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Railway Ribaldry: Being 96 ...
4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1997 — 16 editions
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Penguin Heath Robinson
3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1966 — 3 editions
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Britain at Play
4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions
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Heath Robinson's Great War:...
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions
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How to Make a Garden Grow
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3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1938 — 7 editions
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