Background
Robinson, Wirt was born on October 16, 1864 in Buckingham Company, Virginia, United States. Son of William Russell and Evelyn (Cabell) Robinson.
Robinson, Wirt was born on October 16, 1864 in Buckingham Company, Virginia, United States. Son of William Russell and Evelyn (Cabell) Robinson.
Student Richmond (Virginia) College, 1879-1882. Graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1887.
Byrd. Commissioned Second lieutenant 4th Artillery, June 12, 1887. First lieutenant, August, 1893. Captain assistant quartermaster, June 20, 1898.
Translations to Coast Artillery Corps, February 2, 1901.
Major, January 25, 1907. Lieutenant colonel, April 1, 1911.
Colonel and professor United States Military Academy, since 1911. Instructor French and Spanish, United States Military Academy, 1891-1892.
Professor military science, Harvard, 1894-1898.
Assistant professor modern languages, United States Military Academy, 1899-1903. Head Department of Chemistry and Explosives, School of Submarine Defense, Fort Totten, New York, 1904-1906. Assistant professor of chemistry, United States Military Academy, 1906-1911, professor and head of department, since 1911.
Author: A Flying Trip to the Tropics, 1896.
Elements of Electricity, 1914. Exploring and collecting trips to various points in Colombia, Venezuela, Central America and West Indies.
Home: West Point, New New York
Married Alice Phinney, April. Married second, Nancy Hinman Henderson, April 22, 1920. Children: Alice Evelyn Rose (deceased), Wirt Russell.