Professor Emeritus Edward "Ted" Robinson is a Jamaican citizen who was born in the UK but travelled to India when he was only 3 months old. After 8 childhood years in India, he returned to England in 1942 when his father was called to serve in World War II. After secondary school in the UK, he earned his B.Sc. with honours from the University of Birmingham, with subsidiaries in Land and Mine Surveying and Petroleum Production Engineering. Having met Jamaican, Jeanne Mair whilst studying at the U. Birmingham, he came to Jamaica in 1956 to work with the Jamaica Geological Survey (now Mines & Geology Department) and married Jeanne the following year. He joined The UWI in 1961 when the Geology Department was set up and became a Jamaican citizen soon after Independence. His Ph.D. was earned at the UWI, Mona but conferred by The University of London as it was in 1969 before The UWI was able to confer degrees itself. After 20 years in the Dept. of Geography and Geology, The UWI he worked abroad for almost 9 years in the petroleum industry in the USA and Venezuela before returning to work at The UWI, Mona in the Marine Geology Unit. Though retired, he is still (in 2025) working and publishing papers with the Department of Geography and Geology, The UWI, Mona. His work with the Jamaica Geological Survey resulted in the first draft of a modern geology map of Jamaica. Professor Robinson’s work has contributed to the development of knowledge and use of minerals in Jamaica, including high quality limestone, gypsum, anhydrite, silica sand, and bauxite. His work in geology and micropaleontology has resulted in over 170 publications, including authorship and co-authorship of over 40 concerned with the systematics and biostratigraphy of larger benthic foraminifers (LBF), as well as a number on the geological and environmental aspects of coastal processes, the possible use of tropical peat as a fuel resource, and contributions to official maps of the island of Jamaica. His research interests include the biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography of larger benthic foraminifers of the Western Hemisphere and coastal processes and environmental effects associated with giant wave events and rising sea levels. In addition to working in Jamaica, Professor Robinson has worked in the petroleum industry, the US Geological Survey and academia in the USA lecturing at Rice University, Houston. He has been a past member of the Geologists’ Association of Great Britain, a member of the Geological Society of Jamaica, a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences and member of the Association of Geoscientists for International Development. Professor Robinson's awards include the National Medal for Science and Technology in 2005, Jamaica's Order of Merit 2008 and a Silver Medal from the Institute of Jamaica for his contributions to the geosciences.