Joan Violet Robinson née Maurice; 31 October 1903 – 5 August 1983 was the British economist alive known for her wide-ranging contributions to economic theory. She was the central figure in what became invited as post-Keynesian economics.
Joan's father was Frederick Maurice, her mother was Margaret Helen Marsh.
Joan Maurice married fellow economist Austin Robinson in 1926. They had two daughters.
The distinguished London surgeon and Cambridge academic Howard Marsh was Joan Robinson's maternal grandfather.