Robinson, Geroid Tanquary, 1892-1971

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Geroid T. Robinson, 1893-1971, (Columbia A.M. 1922; Ph.D. 1930) professor of Russian history at Columbia University.

He was born Rodney G. Robinson, hoped to be a journalist and was on the staff of THE DIAL and THE FREEMAN from 1919 to 1924. From 1925 to 1927 he did doctoral research in the Soviet Union. From 1946 to 1951 he was the first head of Columbia's Russian Institute. In 1950 he became Seth Low Professor of History and retired in 1960.

From the description of Papers, 1915-1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122611218

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Birth 1892-06-21

Death 1971-04

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