Sampson R. Urbino

Urbino, was a book dealer, publisher, and library owner in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.

Urbino sold part of his textbook enterprise "to Henry Holt & Co. shortly before retiring from business in 1865.

He sold his business to De Vries, Ibarra & Co., to whom he also transferred the services of Mr. Carl Schoenhof and Miss Fanny Moeller.

"[7] He supported the Free Soil Party;[8] the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War;[9] and the National Liberal League.

Urbino and 30 others" presented a petition to the Massachusetts House of Representatives asking for "legislation providing that one-third of the members of school committees in cities and towns shall be women.