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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 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 ...
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.
George Haven Putnam A.M., Litt.D. (April 2, 1844 – February 27, 1930) was an American publisher, soldier, and writer. He was the president of G. P. Putnam's Sons for its first 52 years, from 1872. Biography
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.
John Bishop Putnam (July 17, 1849 – October 7, 1915) was treasurer and a director of the book publishing firm founded by his father, G.P. Putnam & Sons. He was the father of George P. Putnam , who married Amelia Earhart .
The Putnam family of prominent old colonial Americans was founded by Puritans John and Priscilla (Gould) Putnam in the 17th century, in Salem, Massachusetts. Many notable individuals are descendants of this family, including those listed below.
In 1911, Dorothy Binney Putnam and George Putnam had a house built in Bend, Oregon. The house, known as Pinelyn, was added to the United States' National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Dorothy and George arrived in Bend, Oregon in February 1912 a honeymoon that had taken them to New York, Central America, San Francisco, and Portland.