Dame Nellie Robinson, DNH, MBE, (7 December 1880 – 29 April 1972), was an Antiguan teacher and school founder who was a pioneer in education.

[1] As the second of eight children, she was raised in the family home on New gate Street in St John's,[2] until the age of around ten, when she was sent to the United States to study in the American school system.

Only forty years had lapsed since slavery was abolished[3] and British colonialism imposed class and race inequalities upon people of non-white backgrounds.

TOR Memorial students were encouraged in both intellectual and artistic pursuits, and the school staged entertainment such as musicals and operettas.

Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott recommended that Robinson be given a grant to further the school's educational aims.

In 1935, she was given a commemorative medal at the Silver Jubilee of King George V in recognition of her contributions to education and in 1941 she was honored as a Member of Order of the British Empire.

[2] In 1950, after having served over sixty years as headmistress of TOR Memorial, Robinson retired, leaving the running of the school to Ina Loving.