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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.
Her second child, George Palmer Putnam, was born May 9, 1921. [18] They sold the Oregon house to M. W. Wagner in 1919, [15] the same year that George Putnam published his book The Smiting of the Rock [22] which is about Oregon and has a character based on Dorothy. [23]
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 ...
Daniel Putnam Henry Putnam Henry Putnam George Palmer Putnam (1814–1872), book publisher m. Victorine Haven Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906), physician m. Abraham Jacobi (1830–1919), physician; George Haven Putnam (1844–1930), book publisher Bertha Putnam (1872–1960), historian; George P. Putnam (1887–1950), writer, explorer m.
Her husband, publisher George Palmer Putnam, edited the collection which was published posthumously as a tribute to his wife. Consisting of hand-written diary entries, Earhart's writings cover the period from March 1937 up until her final entry on July 1, the day before her plane was reported missing en route to Howland Island in the South ...
Her marriage to media tycoon George Palmer Putnam and a series of record-breaking flights propel her to international fame as a long-distance flyer. With help from a close friend and adviser, Paul Mantz , Earhart and her navigator, the hard-drinking Fred Noonan , undertake her longest flight ever: a round-the-world attempt in 1937.
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 Congress, son of George Palmer Putnam; George P. Putnam (1887 ...
Ruth Putnam (18 July 1856, Yonkers, New York – 12 February 1931, Geneva, Switzerland) was an author, suffragist, and alumni trustee of Cornell University. [1]One of eleven children of the publisher George Palmer Putnam and his wife Victorine Haven Putnam, she received her bachelor's degree in 1878 from Cornell University (in 1873 Emma Sheffield Eastman had been the first woman to graduate ...