Robert Stewart Whipple

Robert Stewart Whipple (1871-1953) was an author and collector of science books and scientific instruments. He amassed a unique collection of antique scientific instruments that he later donated to found the Whipple Museum of the History of Science in 1944.

Publications

De* Renzi, Silvia Between the market and the academy: Robert S. Whipple (1871-1953) as a collector of science books. In: Medicine, mortality and the book trade.. Myers, Robin (Ed.); Harris, Michael (Ed.) Published: Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies; New Castle (DE): Oak Knoll Press, 1998, p. 87-108
Robert S Whipple (1930) Some scientific instrument makers of the eighteenth century. J. Sci. Instrum. 7 241-253

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Name	Whipple, Robert Stewart
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Date of birth	1871
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Date of death	1953
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