Background
Robins, Thomas was born on September 1, 1868 in Highland Falls, New York, United States. Son of Thomas and Emma (Davis) Robins.
Robins, Thomas was born on September 1, 1868 in Highland Falls, New York, United States. Son of Thomas and Emma (Davis) Robins.
Student Princeton Preparatory School, New Jersey, 1886-1887. Princeton, 1887-1889.
In 1891 he began work on a conveyor belt for carrying coal and ore for Thomas Edison and his Edison Ore-Milling Company in Ogdensburg, New Jersey. Based on his invention he started the Robins Conveying Belt Company and of the Robins New Conveyor Company (now ThyssenKrupp Robins). In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board.
He died on November 4, 1957, at the Nestledown Convalescent Home in Stamford, Connecticut, aged 89.
Member, secretary Naval Consultant Board, United States, since 1915. Member Princeton Engineering Association (ex-president), Inventors’ Guild (secretary), American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, National Research Council.
Mason.
Clubs: Century, Down Town, Pilgrims (New York City).
Married Winifred Howard Tucker. Children: Thomas, Samuel Davis.
