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6 unusual facts about Robert Mann


Juilliard String Quartet

The original members were violinists Robert Mann and Robert Koff, violist Raphael Hillyer, and cellist Arthur Winograd; Current members are Joseph Lin and Ronald Copes violinists, violist Roger Tapping, and cellist Joel Krosnick.

McGovern–Hatfield Amendment

According to historian Robert Mann, McGovern's brief, passionate speech shocked his Senate colleagues.

Robert Mann

In recognition of his contributions to the arts, Robert Mann was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in April 1996.

Aerospace and biomedical engineering entrepreneur Alfred E. Mann is his brother.

The Tale of Igor's Campaign

Robert Mann, The Igor Tales and Their Folkloric Background (2005)

Robert Mann (1989, 2005) argues that the leading studies have been mistaken in concluding the Tale is the work of a poet working in a written tradition.



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Brown University Orchestra

Previous conductors of the orchestra have included Martin J. Fischer 1917-2011, violist, Juilliard alumni circa/with Robert Mann & Walter Trampler, tenured conductor through the early 1980s, Eiji Oue and Richard Westerfield.

Linton, Kent

Built in 1730 by Robert Mann, it was later home to Sir Horatio Mann, the fourth and fifth Earls Cornwallis and Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis.