Robert Rainsford "Robin" Milner-Gulland, FBA, FSA, (born Mill Hill; 24 February 1936) is a British scholar of Russian and Byzantine literature, culture, and art.
[3] Having trained as a linguistic interpreter during his national service, Milner-Gulland went on to study Modern Languages at New College, Oxford (specialising in German and Russian) being taught by Professor John Fennell and Sir Dimitri Obolensky.
He also took a one-year postgraduate course at Moscow State University in 1960–61, researching Russian and Balkan culture in the 14th–15th centuries, where he was taught by Professor Nikolai Gudziy.
He taught many students during his time at Sussex, including Labour Party politician Hilary Benn and historian Lindsey Hughes.
"[15] As well as being an author, Milner-Gulland has translated the works of numerous Russian authors into English, the most famous being his publication of Yevtushenko: Selected Poems (originally published in 1962);[16] an anthology of poems by the Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a collaboration between Milner-Gulland and the poet Peter Levi.