Rollo_G._Silver

Rollo G. Silver

Rollo G. Silver

American literary historian (1909–1989)

Rollo Gabriel Silver (June 27, 1909 – September 20, 1989) was an American literary historian.

Silver was born on June 27, 1909, in New York City, to Anna (Newman) and Stanley Gabriel Silver.[1]

He attended Brown University, graduating in 1931. He then received a master's in English from Boston University in 1941 and a bachelor's in library science from Simmons College (now Simmons University) in 1948.[2]

Silver was a librarian at a place called the Peabody Institute in Boston (not to be confused with other Peabody Institutes) from 1948 to 1950, after which he taught at Simmons.[1] With his wife Alice Gindin, whom he married on June 9, 1933,[1] Silver compiled a set of manuscripts and other works related to Walt Whitman.[3]

Silver died on September 20, 1989.[2]

Publications

  • Typefounding in America, 1787–1825 (University of Virginia Press, 1965)[4]
  • The American Printer, 1787–1825 (University of Virginia Press, 1967)[5]
  • Publishing in Boston, 1726–57: The Accounts of Daniel Henchman (pamphlet, University of Virginia Press, 1976)[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Kinsman, Clare D., ed. (1975). Contemporary Authors. permanent series. Vol. 1. Gale. p. 577. ISBN 0-8103-0036-2. OCLC 35296037.
  2. [2]
    "Rollo G. Silver papers". Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online. Archived from the original on 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  3. [3]
    Edwards, A. S. G. (2010). "Silver, Rollo G.". In Suarez, Michael F.; Woudhuysen, H. R. (eds.). The Oxford Companion to the Book. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198606536.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-957014-0. OCLC 502389441. Archived from the original on 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  4. [4]
    Reviews of Typefounding in America:
  5. [5]
    Reviews of American Printer:
  6. [6]
    Holmes, William (1977). Accounting Historians Journal. 4 (1): 113. ISSN 0148-4184. JSTOR 40697459.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)


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