Frank B. Robinson

For other people named Frank Robinson, see Frank Robinson (disambiguation).

Frank Bruce "Doc" Robinson (1886 – 19 October 1948^[1]) was an American New Thought author and spiritual leader. A pharmacist in Moscow, Idaho, Robinson was the son of an English Baptist minister. He studied in a Canadian Bible school but later rejected organized religion in favor of the New Thought Movement. In 1928, he founded the spiritual movement Psychiana.^[2][3][4] Robinson was also publisher of the Idahoan newspaper.^[5] Psychiana's International Headquarters building still stands on 2nd Street, as does Robinson's house on Howard Street.^[6] Robinson's most lasting impact on Moscow and Latah County is the eponymous Robinson Park, for which he donated the land.

References

1. Monroe, Julie (2003). Moscow:: Living and Learning on the Palouse. Arcadia Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 0738524255.
2. "Psychiana made Moscow store clerk a wealthy man". Lewiston Morning Tribune. May 6, 1990. p. 3-Centennial.
3. Gibbs, Raphael (February 4, 1938). "'Doc's' mail-order 'religion' is putting Moscow, Idaho, on map". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1-green sheet.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "Frank Robinson, Psychiana head, dead at Moscow". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 20, 1948. p. 16.
5. Gunther, John (1947). Inside U.S.A. New York, London: Harper & Brothers. p. 114.
6. Sueann Ramella (March 22, 2013). "Psychiana: Moscow's Mail-Order Religion". Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

External links

• University of Idaho library - A brief biography of Frank Bruce Robinson
• Latah County Parks Archived 2013-02-17 at the Wayback Machine - Robinson County Park