Robert Anthony Robinson OBE (1904–1979) was a New Zealand inorganic chemist, best known for his book Electrolyte solutions book, which has been a standard for decades. In 1949 he won the Hector Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand.^[1]

Selected works

• Electrolyte solutions, the measurement and interpretation of conductance, chemical potential, and diffusion in solutions of simple electrolytes R A Robinson and R H Stokes, 1955. London: Butterworths Scientific Publications
• Electrolyte solutions, the measurement and interpretation of conductance, chemical potential, and diffusion in solutions of simple electrolytes R A Robinson and R H Stokes, 1970. Second edition London: Butterworths Scientific Publications ISBN 0486422259
• Electrolyte solutions, the measurement and interpretation of conductance, chemical potential, and diffusion in solutions of simple electrolytes R A Robinson and R H Stokes, 2002 Second edition ISBN 0486422259