Robert B. Downs
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1903 – 1991
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Who was Robert B. Downs?
Robert Bingham Downs was a prolific American author and librarian. Downs was an advocate for intellectual freedom as well. Downs spent the majority of his career working against, and voicing opposition to, literary censorship. Downs authored many books and publications regarding the topics of censorship, and on the topics of responsible and efficient leadership in the library context.
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- Born
- May 25, 1903
Lenoir - Also known as
- Robert Downs
- Robert Bingham Downs
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Ohio State University
- Doctor of Letters, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
( - 1973)
- Lived in
- Urbana
( - 1991/02/24)
- Urbana
- Died
- Feb 24, 1991
Urbana
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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