Ian Robinson is a British literary critic and English professor. A student of F.R. Leavis at Downing College, Cambridge, Robinson served as lecturer and senior lecturer in the English Department at University College of Swansea

Swansea University

Swansea University is a university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Swansea University was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes...

from 1961 to 1997 Best known for his 1973 book The Survival of English, Robinson has been a champion of traditional English literature and a critic of the degeneration of the English language across all departments of modern life.