Ken Robinson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ken Robinson
Date Of Birth	Mar 4, 1950(1950-03-04)
Age	74
Date Of Death	August 21, 2020
Birthplace	Liverpool
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Pisces

Ken Robinson Biography

Ken Robinson is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on March 4, 1950 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom.

Born in Liverpool, England to James and Ethel Robinson, Robinson is one of seven children from a working-class background. One of his brothers, Neil, became a professional footballer for Everton, Swansea City and Grimsby Town. After an industrial accident, his father became quadriplegic. Robinson contracted polio at age four. He attended Margaret Beavan Special School due to the physical effects of polio, then Liverpool Collegiate School (1961–1963), Wade Deacon Grammar School, Cheshire (1963–1968). He then studied English and drama (Bachelor of Education – BEd) at Bretton Hall College of Education (1968–1972) and completed a PhD in 1981 at the University of London, researching drama and theatre in education.

Learning Through Drama: Report of the Schools Council Drama Teaching (1977) was the result of a three-year national development project for the UK Schools Council. Robinson was principal author of The Arts in Schools: Principles, Practice, and Provision (1982), now a key text on arts and education internationally. He edited The Arts and Higher Education, (1984) and co-wrote The Arts in Further Education (1986), Arts Education in Europe, and Facing the Future: The Arts and Education in Hong Kong.

Ken Robinson Net Worth

Ken Robinson is one of the richest Author from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ken Robinson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sir Kenneth Robinson CBE FRSA (born 4 March 1950) is a British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies. He was Director of the Arts in Schools Project (1985–89) and Professor of Arts Education at the University of Warwick (1989–2001), and is now Professor Emeritus at the same institution. In 2003 he was knighted for services to the arts.

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For twelve years, he was professor of education at the University of Warwick, and is now professor emeritus. He has received honorary degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design, Ringling College of Art and Design, the Open University and the Central School of Speech and Drama, Birmingham City University and the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. He received the Athena Award of the Rhode Island School of Design for services to the arts and education, the Peabody Medal for contributions to the arts and culture in the United States, the LEGO Prize for international achievement in education, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal of the Royal Society of Arts for contributions to cultural relations between the United Kingdom and the United States. In 2005, he was named as one of Time/Fortune/CNN’s “Principal Voices”. In 2003, he was made Knight Bachelor by the Queen for his services to the arts.

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Kerri Ranked on the list of most popular Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Ken Robinson celebrates birthday on March 4 of every year.

In his 2015 book, Creative Schools, he encouraged his critics to look beyond his 18-minute TED talk to his many books and articles on the subject of education, in which he lays out plans for accomplishing his vision.

What was Sir Ken Robinson famous for?

Sir Ken Robinson is the author of bestselling books. He gave the most popular TED Talk of all time and was knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

What is the most watched TED Talk ever?

Sir Ken Robinson is not just an amazing orator — he is the most-viewed speaker on TED.com. His three talks have been viewed an astounding 21.5 million times, making him the sneezing baby panda of the TED ecosystem.

Why was Ken Robinson knighted?

He was acclaimed by Fast Company magazine as one of “the world’s elite thinkers on creativity and innovation” and was ranked in the Thinkers50 list of the world’s top business thinkers. In 2003, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts.

What three things do we know about intelligence According to Sir Ken?

We know three things about intelligence. One, it’s diverse. We think about the world in all the ways that we experience it. We think visually; we think in sound; We think in aesthetically; we think in abstract terms; we think in movement.

Why does Robinson believe creativity makes people better?

He believed that children are born creative and have an extraordinary capacity for innovation. And more importantly, children have no fear of making mistakes. “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original. And by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity.