| Timeline |
| 1869 |
Born 22 December in Head Tide, Maine |
| 1891 |
Attends Harvard |
| 1892 |
Father dies |
| 1896 |
The Torrent and the Night Before published |
| 1896 |
Mother dies |
| 1897 |
The Children of the Night published |
| 1902 |
Captain Craig published |
| 1905 |
President Theodore Roosevelt arranges a job for Robinson at the New York Customs House |
| 1909 |
The Town down the River published |
| 1909 |
Quits the customs house after being ordered to do his job, keep regular hours, and wear a uniform |
| 1914 |
Van Zorn published |
| 1915 |
The Porcupine published |
| 1916 |
The Man against the Sky published |
| 1916 |
Receives a monthly stipend from an anonymous source |
| 1917 |
Merlin published |
| 1920 |
Lancelot published |
| 1921 |
Avon's Harvest published |
| 1921 |
Collected Poems awarded a Pulitzer Prize |
| 1924 |
Awarded a Pulitzer Prize for The Man Who Died Twice published |
| 1925 |
Roman Bartholow and Dionysus in Doubt published |
| 1927 |
Tristram published (wins Robinson a third Pulitzer) |
| 1929 |
Cavender's House published |
| 1931 |
Matthias at the Door published |
| 1932 |
Nicodemus published |
| 1933 |
Talifer published |
| 1934 |
Amaranth published |
| 1935 |
Dies 6 April in a New York City hospital |
