Lopez, Robert S. (Robert Sabatino), 1910-1985

Robert Sabatino Lopez was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1910. He received a Dottore in Lettere degree from the University of Milan (1932), and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin (1942). He taught history, literature, and medieval and economic history in Italy between 1933 and 1938, and emigrated to the United States in 1939. Lopez taught at Brooklyn College (1943-1944), Columbia University (1944-1945) and Yale University (1946-1981). Lopez was instrumental in the founding of the Yale University Graduate School Medieval Studies Program, and served as the program's first chairman from 1961-1974. A prolific writer, Lopez's works include The Birth of Europe (1961) and The Commercial Revolution of Europe (1971). He died in 1986.

From the description of Robert Sabatino Lopez papers, 1932-1987 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702179495

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