Robinson, B. W.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Robinson, B. W.
Other forms of name
nna Robinson, Basil William
Date of birth
1912-06-20
Date of death
2005-12-29
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
M.A.
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q15994708
Library of congress: n 50049165
Sources of Information
  • E-mail from co-author of The Aldrich book of catches, 4 July 2008(Basil William Robinson, 1912-2005)
  • Information from 678 converted Dec. 11, 2014(M.A.)
  • Telegraph WWW site, Jan. 3, 2006(B.W. Robinson; b. Basil William Robinson, June 20, 1912, London; d. Dec. 29 [2005], aged 93; formulated the bases for the classification and chronology of Persian miniature painting upon which scholars continue to depend; he was also a world authority on both the arts of the Japanese sword and the work of the celebrated 19th-century print maker Utagawa Kuniyoshi)
  • The Aldrich book of catches, c1989:t.p. (B.W. Robinson) p. 7 (B.W. Robinson, founder and Chairman, The Aldrich Catch Club)
  • His Some illustrated Persian manuscripts ... 1951.

Wikipedia description:

Basil William Robinson, FBA, FSA, FRAS (20 June 1912 – 29 December 2005) was a British art scholar and author, specializing in Asian art and history.

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