Background
Binyon, Robert Laurence was born on August 10, 1869 in Lancaster, England. Son of Frederick and Mary (Dockray) Binyon.
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Robert Laurence Binyon
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Saint Paul’s School, London, 1881-1888. Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, Oxford, 1892. Doctor of Laws, Glasgow University, 1915.
Doctor of Literature, Oxford.
Career
Assistant in department of printed books, British Museum, 1893-1895, assistant in department prints and drawings, 1895-1909, deputy keeper, 1909-1932, keeper, 1932-1933. Retired, 1933; Norton professor poetry, Harvard University, 1933-1934. Byron professor, Athens University, 1940.
Achievements
Membership
Club: Athenaeum (London).
Connections
Married Cicely Margaret Powell, 1904.
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Nationality
British