Background
Robinson, Gustavus Hill was born on January 11, 1881 in Whitestone, New York, United States. Son of Gustavus Hawes and Margaret (Hill) Robinson.
Robinson, Gustavus Hill was born on January 11, 1881 in Whitestone, New York, United States. Son of Gustavus Hawes and Margaret (Hill) Robinson.
Graduate Mount Hermon (Massachusetts) School, 1901. Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1905, Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1909, Scientiae Juridicae Doctor, 1916.
Chijdren—Douglas Hill Robinson, Doctor of Medicine Margaret Hill Robinson (Mistress Frederick L. Olmsted). Admitted to Massachusetts and New York State bar, 1910. Associate firm Burlingham, Montgomery and Beecher, New York City, 1909-1912.
Professor of law.
Tulane University, 1912-1915, U. Missouri, 1916-1918, University of California, 1919-1922, Boston University, 1922-1929, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, from 1929, William Nelson Cromwell professor international law, emeritus, until 1972. Lecturer admiralty law University of California, 1949. Visiting professor U. Leiden, Netherlands, spring 1959.
Consultant New York State Law Revision Commission.
Admiralty consultant Lend-Lease Administration, Washington. Consultant Commercial Code for United States.
Served as captain, Sanitary Corps, Army of the United States, 1918-1919. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, also various professor associations. Clubs: Savage, Cornell (New New York
Member of the board editors, Harvard Law Review, 1907.
Married Sarah Fuller Anderson, August 15, 1916.