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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.
Pages in category "G. P. Putnam's Sons books" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 311 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
[2] At the war's end, Major Putnam joined his father's publishing business, "G. Putnam Broadway." He was also appointed deputy collector of internal revenue. [3] On his father's death in 1872, George H. Putnam took over the business with his brothers John Bishop and Irving, renaming it G. P. Putnam's Sons. He was made president of the firm, a ...
Putnam married Victorine Haven; their marriage produced seven sons and four daughters. Their daughter, Mary Corinna Putnam (1842–1906), was a pioneering female doctor, the first woman admitted to the Faculté de Médecine de Paris. One of their sons, Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), became a noted librarian who served as the Librarian of ...
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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 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 ...