Background
Colby, Robert Alan was born on April 15, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Meyer and Ida (Lewis) Colby.
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Fiction with a purpose; major and minor nineteenth-century novels by Robert A.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SSPALS/?tag=2022091-20
Fiction With a Purpose: Major and Minor Nineteenth-Century Novels
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0253125502/?tag=2022091-20
Robert Alan Colby
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Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1941; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1949; Master of Science in liberal studies, Columbia University, 1953.
Career
Instructor English, DePaul University, Chicago, 1946-1947; assistant Professor of English, Lake Forest (Illinois) College, 1949-1951; lecturer English, Hunter College, New York City, 1951-1953; language, literature and arts librarian, Queens College, Flushing, New York, 1953-1964; associate professor library science, Southern Connecticut State College, 1964-1966; associate professor library science, Queens College, 1967-1969; professor, Queens College, 1969-1986; professor emeritus, Queens College, since 1986. Docent New York Public Library., since 1986. Assistant editor Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1978-1989.
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Membership
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Modern Language Association, Typophiles Society, Victorian Society American, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Public, Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (board directors 1969-1995, senior advisory county since 1995).
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Married Vineta Blumoff, May 8, 1947.
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American
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