Robert Orwill Fink (4 November 1905, Geneva, Indiana – 17 December 1988, Mount Vernon, Ohio) was a world renowned papyrologist with a special interest in Roman military papyri.
The son of Orwill Clarkson Fink and Carlista Andrews Fink, Robert Fink attended Indiana University, where he earned his bachelor of arts degree in 1930. After completing a Master of Arts degree at Cornell University in 1931, he went on to Yale University, where he studied ...
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Robert Orwill Fink (4 November 1905, Geneva, Indiana – 17 December 1988, Mount Vernon, Ohio) was a world renowned papyrologist with a special interest in Roman military papyri.
The son of Orwill Clarkson Fink and Carlista Andrews Fink, Robert Fink attended Indiana University, where he earned his bachelor of arts degree in 1930. After completing a Master of Arts degree at Cornell University in 1931, he went on to Yale University, where he studied under Michael Rostovtzeff, under whose direction he completed his Ph.D. in 1934 with a thesis on "Roman military accounts and records." He married Ruth Kuersteiner on 11 June 1935.
In 1931, Fink was appointed instructor in Classics at Yale University and remained there until 1941, when he was appointed assistant professor of Classics at Russell Sage College for Women. In 1942, he accepted an appointment at Beloit College, where he was promoted to associate professor. In 1946, he moved to Kenyon College, where he rose to the rank of professor...
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