Robin W. G. Horton

Robin Horton
Residence	Nigeria, Niger Delta, Africa
Nationality	English
Fields	Anthropology, psychology, cognitive science, religion, African studies, magic, mythology
Institutions	University of Port Harcourt, University of Ife, University of Ibadan

Robin Horton (born 1932), an English social anthropologist and philosopher, has carried out specialized study in comparative religion since the 1950s which has challenged and expanded views in the study of the anthropology of religion. He is notable for his scientific approach to the study of religion. This formed the basis for his analysis of African thought that he published in two installments in 1967. His work continues to be viewed as important in understanding traditional African religious approaches. For more than four decades Horton has lived in Africa, where he continues to conduct research on African indigenous religions, magic, mythology and rituals. During 40 years of residence in Africa, he has worked as a researcher and a professor of philosophy and religion at several universities, including the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Nigeria, and the University of Ife in Osun State, Nigeria.

Robin William Gray Horton and his sister were born to William Gray Horton and Gwen Horton. His father was a Lieutenant Colonel of the Scots Guard who was also part of the British Bobsleigh at the 1924 Winter Olympics national team and his grandfather was the American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. His mother, Gwendolen Anna Le Bas Horton, was the elder daughter of an iron merchant from St. Brelade, Jersey, and sister to Molly Brocas Burrows, the sculptor, and the painter Edward Le Bas (1904–1966).[1]. Horton's sister-in-law is renowned Nigerian sculptor Sokari Douglas Camp, about whose work he has written.

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