Andrew Robinson was born at Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire, on 17 December 1920. He was the second son of Dr Frank Robinson who was himself one of five brothers who became medical practitioners. They were the fourth dynasty of a long line of medical men with its roots in the eighteenth century. Both Andrew's brothers were also to become doctors. The family had a long standing connection with the Manchester Medical School where Andrew, his brothers and his father qualified. Andrew Robinson was educated at the Bolton School where he obtained the James Gaskell Entrance Scholarship to Manchester Medical School. As a student Andrew gained a long list of prizes, the Dauntesy Medical Scholarship, Jones Exhibition in anatomy, Henry Agnew Prize in children's diseases, Dumville Prize in surgery, Butterworth Prize in medicine, and the Bradley Memorial Scholarship in clinical surgery. He graduated with honours in 1943. He did his house appointments at the Manchester Royal Infirmary followed by a break of some two years for his military service when he served in India. Following his return to Manchester he worked with, and got great help from, Donald Sutherland, Ronald Holt and Professor John Morley. In 1955 he visited Professor Charles Huggins in Chicago where he learnt of their treatment of metastatic breast cancer by bilateral adrenalectomy. He did a series of such operations at the Christie Cancer Hospital, Manchester. His particular interest was, however, gastric surgery with particular reference to the treatment of duodenal ulcer. In 1985 he became President of the surgical section of the Manchester Medical Society, having been President of the Manchester Regional Association of Surgeons in 1974. Andrew was an excellent swimmer having represented his University in 1940. He was skilled in handicraft and took a particular delight in the mechanisms of antique clocks. He married Miss Margaret Whalley, a chartered physiotherapist, on 7 January 1953. They had seven children, three sons and four daughters. He retired from the Burnley and District Hospitals in 1983 and went to live in North Wales. He died on 15 May 1987 after a very short illness, and was survived by his wife and seven children.