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Robin Winks was born on 5 December, 1930 in Indiana, is an American historian. Discover Robin Winks's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 5 December, 1930
Birthday 5 December
Birthplace Indiana
Date of death 7 April, 2003
Died Place New Haven, Connecticut
Nationality United States

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1930

Robin W. Winks (December 5, 1930 in Indiana – April 7, 2003 in New Haven, Connecticut) was an American academic, historian, diplomat, writer on the subject of fiction, especially detective novels, and advocate for the National Parks.

Born in Indiana in 1930, Winks graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Colorado in 1952.

As a Fulbright Scholar in New Zealand he earned a master's degree in Maori studies from Victoria University before returning to the University of Colorado to earn a second master's degree in ethnography.

1957

After joining the faculty of Yale University in 1957, he rose in 1996-1999 to become the Randolph Townsend Professor of History and Master of Berkeley College.

He then earned a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1957 with a dissertation on Canadian and American relations.

After a year of teaching at Connecticut College, he joined the faculty at Yale in 1957, where he remained for the rest of his career.

1963

He held visiting lectureships and conducted research at universities around the nation and the world, including at Sydney University in 1963 where he lectured memorably on American History, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the Middle East.

1969

He was on leave 1969-71 to serve as U.S. Cultural Attache to the American Embassy in London, and was a regular adviser to various governmental agencies.

Winks was a Fellow of the Explorers Club, the Society of American Historians, the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Commonwealth Society, and a member of both the Athenaeum Club and Special Forces Club.

He was a Guggenheim Fellow, a Smith-Mundt Fellow, a Stimson Grant winner.

1988

He served as chair of the National Parks System Advisory Board, and in 1988, was awarded the Department of the Interior’s Conservationist of the Year Award.

1989

In 1989 he won the Donner Medal from the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States.

Winks held offices and committee chairmanships in the American Historical Association, the Canadian Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians et al.

He was honored with a Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Nebraska and from the University of Colorado.

1992

At Oxford University he served as George Eastman Professor in 1992-3, and as Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History in 1999-2000.

1998

In 1998, he became the first person to have visited all of the National Park Service units (there were 376 at that time).

1999

In 1999, the National Parks Conservation Association honored him with its first award for contributions to public education on behalf of the national parks.

They subsequently established the honor as an annual award named the Robin W. Winks Award for Enhancing Public Understanding of National Parks

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Robin Winks, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 180 works in 460 publications in six languages and 24,000+ library holdings.

2003

Winks died in 2003 in New Haven, Connecticut.

Winks was a lover of the outdoors and spent much of his career advocating for the protection of open spaces.