Background
Little, Robbins was born on February 15, 1832 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of William Junior, and Sophia Louisa (Robbins) Little.
Little, Robbins was born on February 15, 1832 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of William Junior, and Sophia Louisa (Robbins) Little.
He graduated from Yale in 1851, and was subsequently tutor in Greek there. He afterward studied in Harvard Law School, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and practised law in New York City in partnership with William Winthrop, afterward judge advocate in the United States Army.
From 1865 until 1869, he was instructor in international law at the United States. Naval Academy. In 1873 he became an examiner of claims in the war department at Washington, District of Columbia In 1878, he was elected superintendent of the Astor Library in New York City, and in 1883 became a trustee. He was superintendent until 1896, after the 1895 consolidation of the Astor Library into the New York Public Library.
Member New York bar; Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington), Century, Knickerbocker.