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(1931-1999) Historian. Robert Sobel was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1931 and died in 1999. He was a well-known writer of business histories.

Full Name

Robert Sobel

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline

1931

BIRTH

Robert Sobel was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1931.

1951

OTHER

Mr. Sobel earned his bachelor of science in 1951 and his master's in 1952 at City College of New York in Manhattan, New York.

1956

OTHER

Mr. Sobel began teaching at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, in 1956.

1957

OTHER

Mr. Sobel earned a Ph.D. at New York University in 1957.

1965

LITWORK

The Big Board: A History of the New York Stock Market
New York, NY: The Free Press

Nonfiction.

1973

LITWORK

For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga
New York, NY: Macmillan
1-85367-281-5
Fiction.

1981

LITWORK

Thomas Watson, Sr.: IBM and the Computer Revolution
Washington, DC: BeardBooks
1-893122-82-4
Nonfiction.

1993

LITWORK

Dangerous Dreamers: The Financial Innovators from Charles Merrill to Michael Milken
New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons
0471577340 / 978-0471577348
Nonfiction.

1998

LITWORK

Coolidge: An American Enigma
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
0895264102 / 978-0895264107
Biography of Calvin Coolidge.

1999

DEATH

Robert Sobel died at his home in Long Beach, New York, on June 2, 1999.

1999

LITWORK

When Giants Stumble: Classic Business Blunders and How to Avoid Them
Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall Press
0735200599 / 978-0735200593
Nonficition.

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