W. Heath Robinson Birthday

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W. Heath Robinson was born on 31 May, 1872

English cartoonist and illustrator known for his drawings of ridiculously complicated machines and devices used to accomplish simple tasks. The term Heath Robinson entered the language during the First World War and generally means temporary fixes using ingenuity. Robinson’s machines are akin to Rube Goldberg machines in the United States.