| Robert L. Dawson | |
| Birth Date: | July 26, 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Death Date: | June 5, 2007 |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Nationality: | American |
| Employer: | University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation: | University Professor Book collector |
Robert L. Dawson (1943-2007) was a professor of French language and literature in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Texas at Austin.
Robert L. Dawson was born on July 26, 1943, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In 1975, he started teaching French at the University of Texas at Austin.
His fields of interest were eighteenth-century French literature and culture, the history of the book, and descriptive bibliography. His collection of 18th century manuscripts and printed works is held in Texas by the Texas A&M University's Cushing Library.[1]
He died on June 5, 2007, in Paris, France.