Blackburn, Robert H.

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Blackburn, Robert H.

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      • Blackburn, Robert Harold

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      1919-

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      Robert Harold Blackburn was born in Vegreville, Alberta on February 3, 1919. He graduated from the University of Alberta in 1941 with an M.A. and then enrolled at the Library School at the University of Toronto in 1941. He graduated with a Bachelor of Library Science degree in 1942. After service in the Royal Canadian Airforce, he worked for a year a the Calgary Public Library. He returned to the University of Toronto as Associate Librarian in 1947. In 1948 he received a M.S. degree from Columbia University. He was appointed University Librarian in 1954, succeeding W. Stewart Wallace. He retired as Librarian Emeritus in 1982.

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      https://viaf.org/viaf/1457089

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          An account of his tenure at the University of Toronto will be found in his book, Evolution of the Heart. A history of the University of Toronto Library up to 1981. (Toronto: University of Toronto Library, 1989) pp 151-165.

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