Sidney Verba

Sidney Verba
Born(1932-05-26)May 26, 1932
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedMarch 19, 2019(2019-03-19) (aged 86)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard College
Princeton University
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical Science
InstitutionsHarvard University

Sidney Verba (May 26, 1932 – March 4, 2019) was an American political scientist, librarian and library administrator.[1] His academic interests were mainly American and comparative politics. He was the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard University and also served Harvard as the director of the Harvard University Library from 1984 to 2007.[2]

Verba was educated at Harvard College and Princeton University, and served on the faculty of Princeton, Stanford University, and the University of Chicago, before returning to Harvard, where he would spend the rest of his career.[3] As he gave notice of his intention to retire in 2006, Verba observed: "Academics are the only people I can think of for whom this sentence makes sense: 'I'm hoping to get some time off so that I can get some work done.'"[4]

  1. ^ Mineo, Liz (March 7, 2019). "Sidney Verba dies at 86". Harvard Gazette. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Sidney Verba, 86". Harvard Gazette. 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  3. ^ Sidney Verba's Bio, Harvard University, https://scholar.harvard.edu/verba/biocv
  4. ^ Walker, Ruth. "Sidney Verba to retire; Appointed in 1984, Verba changed the face of the University Library," Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Harvard Gazette. September 21, 2006.