Belt, Elmer, 1893-1980
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Name (Latin)
Belt, Elmer, 1893-1980
Date of birth
1893-04-10
Date of death
1980-05-17
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- The Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana, 1957:p. 1, etc. (Dr. Elmer Belt, Leonardo scholar, urologist and clinical professor of surgery at the UCLA Medical Center, presented his significant library and collection of Vinciana to UCLA in 1961; housed within the UCLA Art Research Library inthe Dickson Art Center since 1966)
- Belt Library archives, June 29, 1999:(Dr. Elmer Belt, surgeon and bibliophile, collector and donor of UCLA's Belt Library of Vinciana; b. Apr. 10, 1893; died May 1980 at age 87)
Wikipedia description:
Elmer Belt (April 10, 1893 – May 17, 1980) was an American urologist. He was an early practitioner of gender-affirming surgery, an advocate for the founding of UCLA School of Medicine, and a book collector known for assembling a library of research materials about Leonardo da Vinci—the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana—which he donated to the University of California, Los Angeles between 1961-66.
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