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On George Palmer Putnam's death in 1872, the business was inherited by his sons George, John and Irving, and the firm's name was changed to G. P. Putnam's Sons. [3] The eldest son, George H. Putnam, became president of the firm and held the position for over fifty years.
George Palmer Putnam was born in Rye, New York on September 7, 1887, the son of John Bishop Putnam and the grandson of his namesake, George Palmer Putnam, founder of the prominent publishing firm that became G. P. Putnam's Sons. He studied at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.
The funeral space in the chapel was dedicated to Huntington in 1902 with the placement of a bronze tablet there. [40] The Mortuary Chapel was designed to be a place where funerals could be held. Over time, few funerals were held there. Instead, the public began using the chapel as a meditative space, and requesting to be buried inside it. [32]
George Putnam (1889–1960), great-great-grandson of Judge Samuel Putnam, founder of Putnam Investments; his son George Putnam, retired chairman Putnam Investments; and grandson George Putnam III, Chairman, Putnam Investments; George D. Putnam (born 1948), screenwriter; George Haven Putnam (1844–1930), book entrepreneur & publishing-family member
George Putnam published his father's memoirs in 1912. George Palmer Putnam's grandson and namesake, George P. Putnam (1887–1950), was part of the family business but was also an author and explorer whose first wife was Dorothy Binney , the daughter of Edwin Binney who founded Crayola; after their divorce, he married the famous aviator Amelia ...
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George Herbert Putnam was born in New York City at 107 East Seventeenth Street, [4] the sixth son and tenth child of Victorine and George Palmer Putnam.The father, one-time collector of internal revenue in New York by appointment of Abraham Lincoln, was the founder of a well-known publishing house, [5] known previously as the Putnam Publishing house, but now known as G. P. Putnam's Sons.
George D. Putnam (born 1948), screenwriter, Unlawful Entry; George Palmer Putnam (1814–1872), founder of the publishing firm that became G. P. Putnam's Sons; George Haven Putnam (1844–1930), American soldier, publisher, author, son of George Palmer Putnam; George Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), lawyer, publisher, librarian of Library of ...