Roberts, Kenneth D. (1916-2000)
- Name:
- Roberts, Kenneth D. (1916-2000)
- Title:
- Graduate, MIT, 1939
Graduate, Yale, 1947 -- Masters degree - Other Names:
- Roberts, Kenneth DeWitt
- Born:
- 03/21/1916
- Birthplace:
- Chicago, IL
- Died:
- 12/16/2000
- Death Location:
- New Hampshire or New York
- Residence:
- Farmington, CT -- moved to Farmington with family as a child; raised there
Balmville, NY
Middle Hope, NY
Newburgh, NY
Town Branch, NY
Fitzwilliam, NH -- by 1970s - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Engineer
Metallurgist -- Professor of Metallurgy for 6 years, Univ. of Massachusetts
Curator, and later Managing Director, American Clock & Watch Museum, Bristol, CT -- 1966-1973
Proprietor, Ken Roberts Publishing Company, Books on Woodworking Tools and Horology (published numerous reprints of 19th-c. tool catalogs, as well as 5 or more original publications) -- Fitzwilliam, NH - Father:
- Roberts, LeRoy Clinton (1884-1964)
- Mother:
- Roberts, Marie Whitmore (1886-)
- Relations:
- Sibling: LeRoy Clinton Roberts, Jr. (1912-1941; m. Anita McAniff; d. Farmington, CT)
- Spouse:
- Wardwell, Jane (1925-)
- Notes:
- M. Jane Wardwell (1925-), 1965, Fitzwilliam, NH
From Kenneth Roberts obituary in Early American Industries Assoc., March/April 2001: "[He was a] pioneer in the field of the history of early American (and English) industries...".
Other donations: Kenneth Roberts donated clocks to the Connecticut Historical Society.
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