Leslie Lloyd Robson

Leslie Lloyd Robson (1931–1990) was an Australian historian and academic at the University of Melbourne. He pioneered new techniques of quantitative history,

Early life Robson was born in Ulverstone, Tasmania, on 24 July 1931. His parents, George Leslie Robson, and Laurel Grace (née Revell) were farmers, and Robson grew up on a farm at West Pine, near Penguin. where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1953, and a Master of Arts in 1955. which debated the interpretation of the colonisation of Australia, especially in regards to the impact on Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders.

Later life Robson died of cancer aged 59, on 22 August 1990 in Fitzroy, Victoria. The funeral was held at the Uniting Church, Penguin, Tasmania, and he was buried in the old cemetery overlooking the town.