Editing Benjamin Robins (section)

==Early life==
Benjamin Robins was born in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]].<ref name="br-newdetails">{{cite journal|title = Benjamin Robins, F.R.S. (1707–1751: New Details of His Life|author1 = Johnson, W.|journal = Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London|volume = 46|issue = 2|date = July 1992|pages = 235–252 | publisher = Royal Society | jstor = 531636 | doi=10.1098/rsnr.1992.0024|s2cid = 71424677}}</ref> His parents were [[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]] in poor circumstances, and as a result, he received very little formal education.<ref name="br-newdetails"/> Having come to London on the advice of Dr. [[Henry Pemberton]] (1694–1771), who had recognised Robins's talents,<ref name="br-newdetails" /> for a time he maintained himself by teaching [[mathematics]], but soon devoted himself to engineering and the study of fortification.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Robins, Benjamin|volume=23|page=422| }}</ref>