About Bob Schoolley-West
Lived 1937 – 2012 (aged 74). Bob Schoolley-West was a librarian and philatelist.
Robin "Bob" F. Schoolley-West (born 12 December 1937, Brighton, died 14 July 2012, Dartford, Kent) was a former Head of the Philatelic Collections at the British Library (originally part of the British Museum).
He joined the Museum in 1973 after he investigated, as a police officer, the theft of items from the philatelic collections by James Mackay. In the mid-1980s he took an active part in tracking down forgeries of classic stamps made by Pro-Phila Forum in Germany based on photographs taken by a visitor to the Library.
Schoolley-West retired in 1991 and was succeeded at the British Library by his former assistant, David Beech.
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Who was Bob Schoolley-West?
British philatelist
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Bob Schoolley-West was born on 12 December 1937.
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Bob Schoolley-West died on 14 July 2012.
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Bob Schoolley-West was a librarian and philatelist.
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