Edmund Robinson
English boy who sparked a witch-hunt
About Edmund Robinson
Born 1622. Edmund Robinson was an English and British.
Edmund Robinson was an English ten-year-old boy from Wheatley Lane, Lancashire, who sparked a witch-hunt.
His story was the inspiration for the 1634 play The Late Lancashire Witches.
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Who was Edmund Robinson?
English boy who sparked a witch-hunt
When was Edmund Robinson born?
Edmund Robinson was born in 1622.
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Edmund Robinson was English and British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Edmund Robinson. https://biography.guide/edmund-robinson/
MLA: "Edmund Robinson." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/edmund-robinson/.
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