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Robert Lee Wolff (26 December 1915, New York City – 11 November 1980, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a Harvard history professor, known for his 1956 book The Balkans in our time and his library collection of English novels of the Victorian period with over 18,000 items. Wolff wrote articles, prefaces, and books on history and English literature and was the co-author of three widely used textbooks in high school and undergraduate history courses. His library of English novels of the Victorian period was acquired in the 1980s by the University of Texas at Austin for $2.6 million.

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  • روبرت لي وولف (ar)
  • Robert Lee Wolff (ca)
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  • روبرت لي وولف (بالإنجليزية: Robert Lee Wolff)‏ هو مؤرخ أمريكي، ولد في 26 ديسمبر 1915، وتوفي في 11 نوفمبر 1980. (ar)
  • Robert Lee Wolff (26 de desembre del 1915, Nova York – 11 de novembre del 1980, Cambridge, Massachusetts) fou un catedràtic d'Història de la Universitat Harvard, conegut pel seu llibre The Balkans in our time, publicat el 1956, i la seva col·lecció de novel·les angleses de l'època victoriana, que contenia més de 18.000 articles. (ca)
  • Robert Lee Wolff (26 December 1915, New York City – 11 November 1980, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a Harvard history professor, known for his 1956 book The Balkans in our time and his library collection of English novels of the Victorian period with over 18,000 items. Wolff wrote articles, prefaces, and books on history and English literature and was the co-author of three widely used textbooks in high school and undergraduate history courses. His library of English novels of the Victorian period was acquired in the 1980s by the University of Texas at Austin for $2.6 million. (en)
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  • Robert Lee Wolff (26 de desembre del 1915, Nova York – 11 de novembre del 1980, Cambridge, Massachusetts) fou un catedràtic d'Història de la Universitat Harvard, conegut pel seu llibre The Balkans in our time, publicat el 1956, i la seva col·lecció de novel·les angleses de l'època victoriana, que contenia més de 18.000 articles. Wolff es graduà (1936) i obtingué el seu màster per la Universitat Harvard, on fou docent titular entre el 1937 i el 1941, quan abandonà Harvard per anar a treballar a l'Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Com a erudit dels Balcans, fou assistent del director de la secció dels Balcans de l'OSS. Una vegada acabada la Segona Guerra Mundial, Wolff ensenyà durant quatre anys a la Universitat de Wisconsin-Madison i el 1950 esdevingué professor associat del Departament d'Història de Harvard. El 1955 es convertí en professor titular i entre el 1960 i el 1963 presidí el departament. El 1963–1964 fou un . En el moment de la seva mort d'un atac de cor el 1980, a l'edat de 64 anys, encara participava activament en el Departament d'Història de Harvard. Escrigué articles, prefacis i llibres sobre la història i la literatura anglesa i fou coautor de tres llibres de text molt utilitzats en classes d'història en l'educació secundària i universitària. A la dècada del 1980, la Universitat de Texas a Austin adquirí la seva biblioteca de novel·les angleses de l'època victoriana per 2,6 milions de dòlars. (ca)
  • روبرت لي وولف (بالإنجليزية: Robert Lee Wolff)‏ هو مؤرخ أمريكي، ولد في 26 ديسمبر 1915، وتوفي في 11 نوفمبر 1980. (ar)
  • Robert Lee Wolff (26 December 1915, New York City – 11 November 1980, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a Harvard history professor, known for his 1956 book The Balkans in our time and his library collection of English novels of the Victorian period with over 18,000 items. Wolff received his bachelor's degree (1936) and his master's degree from Harvard University, where he was a teaching fellow from 1937 to 1941, when he left Harvard to join the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.). As a leading expert on the Balkans, he was assistant to the director of the Balkans section of the O.S.S. After the end of World War II, Wolff taught for four years at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and then in 1950 became an associate professor in the Harvard history department. He became a full professor in 1955 and served as the chair of the department from 1960 to 1963. Wolff was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1954 and the American Philosophical Society in 1963. In 1963–1964 Wolff was a Guggenheim fellow. He died of a heart attack in 1980 at the age of 64, while still an active member of the Harvard history department. Wolff wrote articles, prefaces, and books on history and English literature and was the co-author of three widely used textbooks in high school and undergraduate history courses. His library of English novels of the Victorian period was acquired in the 1980s by the University of Texas at Austin for $2.6 million. (en)
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