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About Robert B. Silvers
"...founder of The New York Review of Books, which under his editorship became one of the premier intellectual journals in the United States, a showcase for extended, thoughtful essays on literature and politics by eminent writers..." (New York Times)
"Silvers was born in Mineola, New York, and grew up in Farmingdale and then Rockville Centre, New York, the son of James J. Silvers (1892–1986), a salesman, sometime farmer and entrepreneur, and Rose Roden Silvers (1895–1979), a music critic for the New York Globe and one of the first female radio hosts for RCA. He had one brother, Edwin D. Silvers (1927–2000), a civil engineer. His paternal grandparents were Romanian Jewish immigrants, and his maternal grandparents were Russian Jews." (Wikipedia)
"From 1975 until her death in 2016, he lived with Grace, Countess of Dudley (1923–2016; widow of the 3rd Earl of Dudley), with whom he shared a passion for opera. Silvers commented that Dudley's 'fineness of mind and spirit has been the center of my life." (Wikipedia)
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- Grimes, William. "Robert Silvers, a Founding Editor of New York Review of Books, Dies at 87." New York Times, published 20 March 2017. < https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/books/robert-silvers-dead-foundi... > Accessed 21 March 2017.
- "Robert B. Silvers." Wikipedia. < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Silvers > Accessed 21 March 2017.
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Robert B. Silvers's Timeline
| 1929 |
December 31, 1929
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Mineola, Nassau County, New York, United States
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| 2017 |
March 20, 2017
Age 87
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At home, Manhattan, New York, New York County, New York, United States
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