Background
Putnam, George Haven was born on April 2, 1844 in London, England. Son of George Palmer and Victorine (Haven) Putnam.
Putnam, George Haven was born on April 2, 1844 in London, England. Son of George Palmer and Victorine (Haven) Putnam.
Educated Columbia Grammar School, New York, The Sorbonne, Paris, and University of Göttingen. Honorary Master of Arts, Bowdoin, 1894. The Doctor of Letters, University of Pittsburgh, 1899, Columbia, 1912.
Served as private advancing to major 176th New York Volumes, 1862-1865.
Prisoner at Libby and Danville, Virginia, winter of 1864-1865.
President General Рractitioner Putnam’s Sons, publishers, New New York Director Knickerbocker Press. Led in organizing, 1887, The American Copyright League, originally organized by late General Рractitioner Putnam, 1851.
Became its secretary during contest for international copyright, resulting in copyright bill of March 1891.
Married Rebecca Kettell Shepard, July 7, 1869 (died 1895). Married second, Emily James Smith, April.