John Talbot Robinson

John Talbot Robinson
Born(1923-01-10)10 January 1923
Died12 October 2001(2001-10-12) (aged 78)
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
SpouseSybil Clara Frances Robinson (née Dee)
ChildrenRichard John Robinson
Peter Francis Robinson
Scientific career
FieldsHominin paleontologist
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Thesis The Dentition of the Australopithecinae  (1955)

John Talbot Robinson FRSSAf (10 January 1923 – 12 October 2001) was a distinguished South African hominin paleontologist. His most famous discovery (with Robert Broom) was the nearly complete fossil skull of the hominin species Australopithecus africanus, known as Mrs. Ples.


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