Niels Henry Sonne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetNiels Henry Sonne
American librarian
Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1907
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Death: 29-Apr-1994
Profession: librarian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Niels Henry Sonne
- Niels Henry Sonne (1907–1994) was a noted librarian, a rare book curator, and expert on the Gutenberg Bible.
- A native of New York City, he received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1930, and his doctorate in 1939. Liberal Kentucky, originally written as Sonne's Ph.D.
- thesis, was published by Columbia University Press in 1939, and reprinted by the University Press of Kentucky in 1968.
- The book deals with the development of liberal thought in Kentucky and relates particularly to the growth of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.
- Sonne was employed for most of his career as a rare book librarian at the General Theological Seminary in New York City.
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