William Robinson
William Robinson was born on March 27, 1812. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About William Robinson
William Robinson (March 27, 1812 – October 10, 1894) was an Irish-born Canadian architect and land surveyor. Born in New Ross, County Wexford, Robinson emigrated to Upper Canada with his family in 1836. While the family settled in Burford, Robinson spent several years travelling the region working as a labourer before informally apprenticing to Thomas Young in Toronto. He remained in the city for more than a decade, under a series of employers that included Henry Bowyer Lane, and was certified as a land surveyor in 1846. Robinson left Toronto around 1852, after experiencing a debilitating…