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Sir Ken Robinson was a British speaker, writer, and educator. Born Kenneth Robinson in Liverpool in 1950, he was educated at the University of Leeds and the University of London. His professional career included roles as a conferencier and employment with the University of Warwick, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and the Government of Singapore. He resided in Los Angeles and spoke English.
Robinson authored 26 works, including *Sandor Ferenczi - Ernest Jones*, *Who We Are What We Are Why We Are*, *Maslow's Island*, *Exploring Theatre and Education*, and *Creatieve scholen*. He also worked in the acting department. His accolades included the Benjamin Franklin Medal, the title of Knight Bachelor, and an honorary doctorate. He died of cancer in London in 2020.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 26
Top works
- Sandor Ferenczi - Ernest Jones
- Who We Are What We Are Why We Are
- Maslow's Island
- Exploring Theatre and Education
- Creatieve scholen
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Known for
- Alphabet — Self2013
- We Are the People We've Been Waiting For — Self2009
- Skavlan — Self - Guest2009
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Kenneth Robinson , ( 1950-03-04 ) 4 March 1950, Liverpool , England
- Died
- 21 August 2020 (2020-08-21) (aged 70), London , England
- Occupations
- Author, speaker, expert on education, education reformer, creativity and innovation
- Spouse
- Marie-Therese "Terry" Watts ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1982 )
- Education
- Liverpool Collegiate School , Wade Deacon Grammar School
- Alma mater
- Bretton Hall College of Education (BEd), University of London (PhD)
- Thesis
- A revaluation of the role and functions of drama teaching in secondary education, with reference to a survey of curricular drama in 259 secondary schools (1981)
- Website
- sirkenrobinson .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ken
- Family name
- Robinson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Liverpool
- Place of death
- London
- Employer
- Government of Singapore
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Official website
- www.sirkenrobinson.com
- Image
- Sir Ken Robinson (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Los Angeles
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1950-03-04
- Commons category
- Ken Robinson
- date of death
- 2020-08-21
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- name in native language
- Ken Robinson
- birth name
- Kenneth Robinson
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- social media followers
- 380161
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Kenneth Robinson (4 March 1950 – 21 August 2020) was a British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies. He was director of the Arts in Schools Project (1985–1989) and Professor of Arts Education at the University of Warwick (1989–2001), and professor emeritus after leaving the university. In 2003, he was knighted for services to the arts.
Originally from a working-class Liverpool family, Robinson moved to Los Angeles with his wife and children around September 2001 to serve as senior advisor to the president of the J. Paul Getty Trust.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ken Robinson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.