Seymour I. Schwartz was known to map aficionados as a collector, cartographic historian and author of five books on the history of cartography (The Mismapping of America and Putting “America” on the Map, among others¹). He donated his collection to the University of Virginia in 2008; a smaller tranche, regional in focus, went to the University of Rochester in 2010.

But maps were his side gig, a hobby his wife got him into to give him something else to do. Schwartz was a renowned surgeon with a long and distinguished career, a professor of medicine and the co-author of what became the standard textbook on surgery. He died Friday at the age of 92. Additional coverage: Associated Press, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

Previously: Seymour Schwartz at 90; Seymour Schwartz at 90.

1. The French and Indian War 1754-1763: The Imperial Struggle for North America (2000); This Land is Your Land: The Geographic Evolution of the United States (2000); The Mapping of America (2001), with Ralph Ehrenberg; The Mismapping of America (2003); and Putting “America” on the Map: The Story of the Most Important Graphic Document in the History of the United States (2007), about the Waldseemüller map.