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Ronald Edward Zupko (born 5 August 1938) is an authority on historical metrology (the study of the history of weights and measures) with an academic background in medieval history. He is known for his books on the history of weights and measures, and has 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.〔"Ronald Edward Zupko." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 16 Nov. 2011.〕 Professor Zupko is 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. ==Published works== (British Weights and Measures: A History from Antiquity to the Seventeenth Century ) hardcover: 224 pages, University of Wisconsin Press (1977), ISBN 978-0-299-07340-4 (French Weights and Measures Before the Revolution: A Dictionary of Provincial and Local Units ) hardcover: 256 pages, Indiana University Press (1979) ISBN 978-0-253-32480-1 (Italian Weights and Measures from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century ) hardcover: 339 pages, American Philosophical Society (1981) ISBN 978-0-87169-145-3 (Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles: The Middle Ages to the 20th Century ) hardcover, 520 pages, American Philosophical Society (1985) ISBN 978-0-87169-168-2 (Revolution in Measurement: Western European Weights and Measures Since the Age of Science ) hardcover: 548 pages, American Philosophical Society (1990) ISBN 978-0-87169-186-6 (Straws In The Wind: Medieval Urban Environmental Law--the Case Of Northern Italy ) co-authored with Robert A Laures paperback: 160 pages, Westview Press (1996) ISBN 978-0-8133-2972-7 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ronald Edward Zupko」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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