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David Robinson (horticulturist)
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David Willis Robinson (2 April 1928 – 28 March 2004) was a Northern Irish horticultural scientist who made contributions to the national and international fields of horticulture and agriculture, with more than 120 publications. After a working life in research, in retirement he became a journalist and television/radio presenter and a leader of gardening tours. He cultivated and managed the Earlscliffe Gardens at the Baily, Howth, County Dublin, Ireland.
Born in 1928, Robinson said later that he decided on a career in horticulture at the age of 10. His father was a building contractor.
Robinson obtained his bachelor's degree in horticulture from Reading University. Some years later he pursued a master's degree in pomology from Cornell University (USA) and then a doctorate from Queen's University Belfast, with a focus on weed science. He gained practical early experience on a fruit farm near Pershore and a vegetable farm at Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland.
Robinson worked as a horticultural adviser for the Ministry of Agriculture (1950–53), in County Down. In 1953 he was appointed deputy director at the newly established Horticulture Research Centre in Loughgall, County Armagh. His first major job was to help clean up the weed problem in fruit crops. His research into the many chemical tools that were becoming available at the time established him as an expert in this field. However, he had at the time no training in research methods or statistical analysis and felt that he was in a job for which he was inadequately trained, but he acted to change this. As Robinson later wrote, "I knew early in 1954 that the well endowed W.K. Kellogg Foundation was giving grants to people in Britain to provide further training in the USA for agricultural graduates. I happened to be in London in March 1954 and by pure chance I passed by the headquarters of the Foundation. I still don't know what gave me the courage but I walked in, asked to see the Director (without an appointment) and told him I wanted a Kellogg Foundation Grant to study at Cornell University in New York State for a year.
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