Charles Edmund Newton-Robinson participant of 1900 Summer Olympics
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Newton-Robinson founded the Épée Club, London, in 1900 and took part in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the British fencing team and silver medallist at the 1906 Olympic Games in Athens, now known as the 1906 Intercalated Games. He wrote "Épée-de-Combat" for the 11th edition (1911) of The Encyclopædia Britannica. A collection of his medals is in the National Fencing Museum.He was a yachtsman and a member of the council of the Yacht-Racing Association.He collected engraved gems and drawings and was a member of the committee that organised the Exhibition of Ancient Greek Art at the Burlington Club in 1903 and described the gems in that exhibition.He was a member of the Burlington Fine Arts Club and the Savile Club.