Florence Bell Robinson (November 1, 1885 – August 13, 1973) was a prominent American educator in landscape architecture and a pioneer in introducing women into the field.
[1] Born in Lapeer, Michigan, Robinson received her undergraduate degree in science from Kalamazoo College in 1908, and the BArch and MID (Master in Landscape Design) in 1924 from the University of Michigan.
[2] She arrived at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1926 and spent the rest of her career there, developing a highly ranked landscape architecture department with colleagues Stanley White and Karl Lohmann.
[2][4] She died in Hendersonville, North Carolina in 1973 after suffering a stroke.
[5] Many of her students went on to play a prominent role in the field of landscape architecture, including Hideo Sasaki, Peter Walker, and Richard Haag.