Robin Cavendish
Robin Cavendish
Robin Francis Cavendish, MBE, was a British advocate for disabled people, medical aid developer, and one of the longest-lived responauts in Britain. Born in Middleton, Derbyshire, Cavendish was affected by polio at the age of 28. Despite being initially given only three months to live, Cavendish, paralysed from the neck down and able to breathe only with the use of a mechanical ventilator, became a tireless advocate for disabled people, instrumental in organising the first records of the number of responauts in Britain and helping to develop numerous devices to provide independence to paralysed people.
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Date of Birth
March 12nd, 1930
Age
94
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
August 8th, 1994
Died Aged
64
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Pisces
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Jonathan Cavendish
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Ronald Valentine Cecil Cavendish
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Diana Mary Blacker
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Violet Helen Boucher
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