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John Robb was born in Alloa on 25 April 1862, the first son of Andrew Robb (1825-1900), the foreman and later Manager of Gaberston Mill, and his wife Mary Bennie Swanson, daughter of John Swanson a Distillery Manager. He had three brothers and a sister, Janet, the mother of classical composer Edward Norman Hay (1889-1943).
John trained as an architect in Alloa, likely with John Melvin & Son, before moving to Newcastle upon Tyne in 1882 where he was assistant to Joseph J Lish, an architect who specialized in ecclesiastical work. He later returned to Scotland and worked as an architect for a spell before joining the Assessor of Railways and Canals in Edinburgh.
Around 1891 he joined Midlothian County Council as Assistant County Surveyor. On the tragic accidental death of the County Surveyor Thomas Forbes in 1896 Robb took over his role as Suburban Road Surveyor and the following year was appointed County Surveyor from a field of 50 applicants, on a salary of £450pa.
The Roads Office grew in importance with the rapid rise of the motor car and Robb led an office with four Road Surveyors for the County areas (Suburban, Calder, Gala Water and Lasswade). His younger brother David Haig Robb worked as a surveyor in his department and from 1905 another brother Andrew (1869-1926) joined his department as Chief Clerk or Assistant County Surveyor. Yet another brother, James, served as a Road Surveyor for Edinburgh Council.
John Robb is an American author, military analyst, and entrepreneur.
Robb graduated from the United States Air Force Academy Honors Program with a Bachelor of Science in astronautical engineering in 1985 and completed USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) in 1986.
During his military career, Robb worked in the area of counterterrorism with the United States Special Operations Command, participating in global operations as a mission commander, pilot and mission planner in El Salvador, Panama, Colombia and Egypt, among others.
He resigned his Air Force commission with the rank of Captain in August 1992.
After leaving the Air Force, Robb attended Yale University. He graduated with a Masters in public and private management (MPPM) in 1995.
After graduating from Yale, Robb was hired by Forrester Research, a technology research company located in Cambridge, MA., in June 1995. He published his first report at Forrester in December 1995, called "Internet Computing" with George Forrester Colony, the CEO of Forrester, as the editor.