David Robinson (journalist)
David Norman Robinson (29 August 1927–25 July 2017) was a British journalist, author, and teacher. Early life. David was born in Croft Street, Horncastle and attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School. He graduated from the University of Nottingham with a degree in Geography and, subsequently, a MSc in which he wrote a thesis on the coastal evolution of north-east Lincolnshire. Career. David taught in schools in Immingham and Grimsby before becoming resident tutor of the University of Nottingham for North Lincolnshire. He edited the 'Lincolnshire Poacher' magazine in the 1950s, 'Lincolnshire Life' until 1989, and served  on the editorial team for the 'Natural World' magazine. David had variously served on the committees of many learned or charitable societies, including as: Honorary secretary of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, the President of Lincolnshire Naturalist's Union, President of the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, President of the Louth Naturalists', Antiquarian, and Literary Society, President of Louth Civic Trust (of which he was a founder in 1967), Life President of the Sir Joseph Banks Society, and Chairman of the Governors of Horncastle College. He was awarded an OBE in the 1997 Birthday Honours for services to journalism and  the community of Lincolnshire. In 2007 a collection of papers on historical and geographical themes, titled "All Things Lincolnshire: An Anthology in Honour of David Robinson, OBE" was dedicated to David.