Background
Buhler, Curt Ferdinand was born on July 11, 1905 in New York City. Son of Conrad and Martha (Warburg) Buhler.
Buhler, Curt Ferdinand was born on July 11, 1905 in New York City. Son of Conrad and Martha (Warburg) Buhler.
1 son, Conrad Alexander (deceased).
March 1939); 1 son, Conrad Alexander (deceased). Married Frances Lynham, April 28, 1939 (deceased November 1966). Married Lucy Jane Ford, July 10, 1971.
1 step-daughter, Lucile Ford Schoettle.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, Trinity College, U. Dublin, 1930, Doctor of Letters, 1947.
Postgraduate, U. Munich, 1931-1933. Doctor of Letters honoris causa, Columbia University, 1980.
Staff printed books Pierpont Morgan Library, 1934-1948, keeper printed books, 1948-1966, research fellow for texts, 1967-1973, emeritus, 1973-1985., honorary fellow, 1974-1985.
Delaware Union Academique Internationale, Brussels, 1957-1985. Visiting fellow All Souls College, Oxford, 1969.
Author: The Sources of the Court of Sapience, 1932, The Diets and Sayings of the Philosophers, 1941, The Bible, Manuscripts and Printed Bibles from the Fourth to the Nineteenth Century, 1947, (with Selmer) The Melk Salbenkrämerspiel, 1948, Fifteenth Century Books and the Twentieth Century, 1952, The University and the Press in Fifteenth Century Bologna, 1958, William Caxton and His Critics, 1960, The Fifteenth Century Book, 1960, Neue Kunst und neue Welt, der Buchdruck und Amerika, 1963, The History of Tom Thumbe, 1964, The Epistle of Othea, 1970, Early Books and Manuscripts, Forty Years of Research, 1973, also articles, essays to learned publications Rosenbach fellow University of Pennsylvania, 1947, 58-59. Guggenheim fellow, 1965, 77, 78.
Member advisory council U. Notre Dame, 1972-1985. Fellow Medieval Academy, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Gutenberg Gesellschaft, British Academy (correspondent). Member American Philosophical Society (commission on library), Bibliographical Society American (president 1952-1954), American Council Learned Societies
(secretary 1960-1974, chairman 1974-1985), Early English Text Society (council 1971-1985), Modern Language Association (executive council 1956-1960), Bibliographical Society England (treasurer United States 1949-1964), Renaissance Society American (president 1961-1963), Ligue Internationale de la Librarie Ancienne (honorary), Union Academique International (director 1968-1971), Dante Society American (commission on honorary members), Phi Beta Kappa.
Clubs: Century Association (New York City), Grolier (New York City).
Married Alexandra M. London, November 19, 1927 (divorced March 1939). Married Frances Lynham, April. Married Lucy Jane Ford, July 10, 1971.