Olivia F. Robinson Explained

Olivia Fiona Robinson, (O'Brien; born November 1938) is an Irish-British legal scholar and legal historian, specialising in Roman law. She joined the Department of Civil Law in the University of Glasgow in 1966, and rose to serve as Douglas Professor of Roman Law from 2001 to 2006.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Olivia Fiona O'Brien was born in November 1938 in Dublin, Ireland.^[3] She studied modern history (i.e. post-ancient history) at the University of Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1960. She specialised in the Later Roman Empire and chose St Augustine as her special subject. She married Sebastian Robinson in 1960 and they had one child together in each of the next two years. She then returned to her studies and undertook a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the University of London, which she completed in 1965.

In 2006, she was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).^[4] She is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS),^[5] and had been elected a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1993.^[6]

Selected works

• Book: Robinson . O. F. . Fergus . T. D. . Gordon . William M. . An introduction to European legal history . 1985 . Professional Books . Abingdon, Oxon . 9780862051075.
• Book: Robinson . O. F. . The register of Walter Bronescombe: Bishop of Exeter, 1258–1280 . I . 1995 . Canterbury and York Society; Boydell . Woodbridge . 978-0907239512.
• Book: Robinson . O. F. . The criminal law of ancient Rome . 1995 . Duckworth . London . 9780715626634 .
• Book: Robinson . O. F. . The register of Walter Bronescombe, Bishop of Exeter, 1258–1280 . II . 1999 . Canterbury and York Society; Boydell . Woodbridge . 978-0907239574.
• Book: Robinson . O. F. . Ancient Rome: City Planning and Administration . 2003 . Routledge . 978-1-134-84494-4 .
• Book: Robinson . O. F. . The register of Walter Bronescombe, Bishop of Exeter, 1258–1280 . III . 2003 . Canterbury and York Society; Boydell . Woodbridge . 978-0907239642.
• Book: Robinson . O. F. . The Sources of Roman Law: Problems and Methods for Ancient Historians . 2006 . Routledge . 978-1-134-87777-5 . en.
• Book: Robinson . O. F. . Penal practice and penal policy in ancient Rome . 2007 . Routledge . London . 9780203965542 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 100 Voices for 100 Years - Olivia Robinson . www.gla.ac.uk . University of Glasgow . 22 November 2024.
2. Thomas H. Drysdale, "The Stair Society History, Part 3 – 1967–2019", in A. M. Godfrey (ed.), Miscellany Eight [Stair Society vol. 67] (Edinburgh, 2020), pp. 319–362 http://doi.org/10.36098/stairsoc/misc8.9
3. Web site: Olivia Fiona ROBINSON . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . Companies House . 22 November 2024 . en.
4. Web site: Professor Olivia Robinson . Royal Society of Edinburgh . 22 November 2024.
5. Web site: List of current Fellows . The Royal Historical Society . 22 November 2024 . October 2024.
6. Web site: Olivia Fiona Robinson . www.oeaw.ac.at . Austrian Academy of Sciences . 22 November 2024.