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.[1]
British Weights and Measures: A History from Antiquity to the Seventeenth Century hardcover: 224 pages, University of Wisconsin Press (1977), ISBN978-0-299-07340-4
French Weights and Measures Before the Revolution: A Dictionary of Provincial and Local Units hardcover: 256 pages, Indiana University Press (1979) ISBN978-0-253-32480-1
Italian Weights and Measures from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century hardcover: 339 pages, American Philosophical Society (1981) ISBN978-0-87169-145-3
Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles: The Middle Ages to the 20th Century hardcover, 520 pages, American Philosophical Society (1985) ISBN978-0-87169-168-2
Revolution in Measurement: Western European Weights and Measures Since the Age of Science hardcover: 548 pages, American Philosophical Society (1990) ISBN978-0-87169-186-6
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) ISBN978-0-8133-2972-7
YouTube video (14:36) Dr. Ronald Zupko on The Difference Network at Marquette University
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October 21, 2023
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