Ronald Edward Zupko
Ronald Edward Zupko (5 August, 1938 -- 8 November, 2021) was an authority on historical metrology (the study of the history of weights and measures) with an academic background in medieval history. He was known for his books on the history of weights and measures, and had written numerous dictionary and encyclopedia entries on historical measurement units.Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Zupko received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and taught at Marquette University from 1966 until retiring in 2002.
Professor Zupko was a member of the Comité International pour la Métrologie Historique, Institute for Advanced Study (associate member), Mediaeval Academy of America, Economic History Association, National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Midwest Medieval Association, Pi Gamma Mu, and Phi Alpha Theta. Provided by Wikipedia
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British weights & measures : a history from antiquity to the seventeenth century
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1977Format: Book
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Straws in the wind : medieval urban environmental law--the case of northern Italy
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996Format: Book
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Italian weights and measures from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century
Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1981Format: Book
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A dictionary of weights and measures for the British Isles : the Middle Ages to the twentieth century
Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1985Format: Book
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Revolution in measurement : Western European weights and measures since the age of science
Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1990Format: Book
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French weights and measures before the Revolution : a dictionary of provincial and local units
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1978Format: Book
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A dictionary of English weights and measures ; from Anglo-Saxon times to the nineteenth century.
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1968Format: Book