William Alexander Robson (14 July 1895 – 12 May 1980)[1] was a British academic who was an early and influential scholar of public administration while serving as a lecturer and professor at the London School of Economics.[2] Upon his death, The Guardian wrote that Robson was an "internationally renowned authority on public administration".[3] Indeed, Robson played a key role in establishing public administration as an academic subject.[4]
Robson was also a lawyer, author, and editor.[5] He co-founded the influential journal The Political Quarterly in 1930 and remained a co-editor of it until 1975.[3] With associations to George Bernard Shaw, Leonard Woolf, and Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Robson was known for being a Fabian,[2] to the extent that his obituary in The Times stated that he "was the last of the great generation of Fabian scholars".[1]
- ^ a b "Professor William Robson". The Times. 15 May 1980. p. 16 – via Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ a b Page, Edward (13 May 2015). "William Robson and the Greater London Group at LSE". London School of Economics.
- ^ a b "Expert on government". The Guardian. London. 15 May 1980. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
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