Shapiro, S. R. (Solomon R.), 1911-

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Birth 1911

Biographical notes:

Victor Robinson (1886-1947), medical professor.

Victor Robinson was born in Ukraine in 1886 to a Russian physician. He attended New York University and then the New York College of Pharmacy. He also studied law at Columbia University. He received his doctorate of medicine in 1917 from the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery (which would later become Loyola University). He would write many works on the history of medicine and would teach the history of medicine at Temple University. He also founded Medical Life, a journal of the history of medicine, and helped start the History of Science Society in 1924.

S. R. Shapiro (1911-1990)

Solomon R. Shapiro was born 30 August 1911 in New York. He received his bachelor's degree in 1933 from New York University, and his M.A. in 1934 from Columbia University. He studied bibliographical studies at the University of London from 1934-1935. In 1935 he became the president of S.R. Shapiro Co., Books for Libraries, a position he stayed in until his death 55 years later. From 1945-1951 he also served as editor in chief of the U.S. Cumulative Book Auctions Record. In 1956 he published A Check-list of the Rarest and Most Valuable Bruce Rogers Imprints. He died on 30 October 1990, in New York.

From the guide to the Victor Robinson and S. R. Shapiro papers, 1905-1946, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)