Farewell to Foundation Patron and renowned visionary educator, Sir Ken Robinson
September 2020
Sir Ken Robinson 1950-2020
We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Sir Ken Robinson, a wonderful supporter and Patron of our Foundation.
Sir Ken died peacefully on August 21st, surrounded by family after a short battle with cancer.
A New York Times bestselling author, he led national and international projects on creative and cultural education across the world, unlocking and igniting the creative energy of people and organisations. Sir Ken was the most watched speaker in TED’s history, with his 2006 talk ‘Do Schools Kill Creativity?’ being viewed online over 60 million times and seen by an estimated 380 million people in 160 countries.
He was named as one of Time/Fortune/CNN’s ‘Principal Voices’, acclaimed by Fast Company magazine as one of ‘the world’s elite thinkers on creativity and innovation’, and ranked in the Thinkers50 list of the world’s top business thinkers. In 2003, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts.
