Robert L. Dawson

Robert L. Dawson
Born	(1943-07-26)July 26, 1943 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	June 5, 2007(2007-06-05) (aged 63) Paris, France
Occupations	University Professor Book collector
Employer	University of Texas at Austin

Robert L. Dawson (1943-2007) was a professor of French language and literature in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Texas at Austin. ^[1]

Biography

Early life

Robert L. Dawson was born on July 26, 1943, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ^[1]

Career

In 1975, he started teaching French at the University of Texas at Austin. His fields of interest were eighteenth-century French literature and culture, the history of the book, and descriptive bibliography. ^[1]

His collection of 18th century manuscripts and printed works is held in Texas by the Texas A&M University's Cushing Library. ^{[2] [3]}

Death

He died on June 5, 2007, in Paris, France. ^[1]

Selected publications

• Confiscations at Customs: Banned Books and the French Booktrade during the Last Years of the Ancien régime. Voltaire Foundation. 2006. ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• The French Booktrade and the "permission simple" of 1777 : copyright and public domain with an edition of the permit registers. Voltaire Foundation. 1992. ^[7]
• Additions to the bibliographies of the French prose fiction, 1618-1806. Voltaire Foundation. 1985. ^[8]
• Baculard d'Arnaud: Life and Prose Fiction. 2 Vols. Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, 141-42. Voltaire Foundation. 1976. ^[9]

References

1. Oliver, Bette Wyn (2007). "In Memoriam: Robert L. Dawson (1943-2007)". Libraries & the Cultural Record. 42 (4): 456–457. doi:10.1353/lac.2007.0064. ISSN   1932-9555.
2. "The Robert L. Dawson French Collection". University Libraries: Cushing. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
3. "The Dawson Collection at Texas A&M – European Studies Section" . Retrieved December 30, 2025.
4. Holley, Robert P. (2008). "Review of Confiscations at Customs: Banned Books and the French Booktrade during the Last Years of the Ancien régime". Libraries & the Cultural Record. 43 (1): 112–114. ISSN   1932-4855.
5. Adams, David (2007). "Confiscations at Customs: Banned Books and the French Booktrade during the Last Years of the Ancien Régime by Robert L. Dawson". Modern Language Review. 102 (4): 1156–1157. doi:10.1353/mlr.2007.0408. ISSN   2222-4319.
6. Bochenek-Franczakowa, Regina (October 1, 2008). "Robert L. Dawson, Confiscations at customs: banned books and the French booktrade during the last years of the Ancien Régime". Studi Francesi. Rivista quadrimestrale fondata da Franco Simone (in French) (155 (LII | II)): 454–455. doi:10.4000/studifrancesi.8912. ISSN   0039-2944.
7. Michaud, Claude (1993). "Robert L. Dawson : The French Booktrade and the "permission simple" of 1777 : copyright and public domain with an edition of the permit registers. 1992". Dix-Huitième Siècle. 25 (1): 510–510.
8. Moureau, François (1987). "Robert L. Dawson : Additions to the bibliographies of the French prose fiction, 1618-1806, 1985". Dix-Huitième Siècle. 19 (1): 508–508.
9. Goard, Robert R. (1978). "Review of Baculard d'Arnaud: Life and Prose Fiction. 2 Vols. Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, 141-42". Eighteenth-Century Studies. 11 (3): 393–396. doi:10.2307/2738207. ISSN   0013-2586.