James Kerguelen Robinson (11 March 1859 – 1914) was an Australian prospector who was the first person born south of the Antarctic Convergence. Robinson Pass was named after him.[1][2]
James Kerguelen Robinson | |
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Born | James Kerguelen Robinson March 11, 1859 |
Died | 1914 (aged 54–55) |
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Spouse |
Alice Maud Wakefield
(m. 1889) |
Parent(s) | James William Robinson Jane Parsons Bentley |
Robinson was born in March 1859 on the Kerguelen Islands to James William Robinson, a captain and sailor, and his wife Jane Parsons Bentley while the couple was on a sealing voyage in the Antarctic Convergence. Robinson's middle name, Kerguelen, was taken from the island he was born on. Robinson Pass was named after him.[2][3]
He married Alice Maud Wakefield in 1889.
Robinson died of dehydration in Murchison in 1914 while he was prospecting in the western Australian desert.[4][5][6]