Dr Gavin Robinson

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Last updated: 7 September 2026. I am not available until October 2026.

I have made a new TEI edition of the letters of Nehemiah Wharton, a soldier in the English Civil War, in order to demonstrate my paleaography and XML skills, and the benefits of TEI for editing historical texts. This is freely available at Github.

Introduction

I am a history research assistant. I run my own business offering historical manuscript transcription, XML markup, and data cleaning services. My working methods deliver accuracy and efficiency at the same time while keeping prices affordable. On this website you can find more details of my manuscript transcription and data services and general business information. If you have any enquiries about this work, you can contact me.

I am also available for employment and casual work where contracting out isn't possible, for example if:

I can't do self-employed work for an institution that has recently employed me, but I can be brought in-house by an instution that has previously contracted out work to my self-employed business.