George Lyman Hinckley

Background

Hinckley, George Lyman was born on July 6, 1879 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Rose and Mary Wright (Barrett) Hinckley.

Education

Graduate Williston Seminary

Career

Assistant in Forbes Library, Northampton, 1900-1903. Cataloguer Boston Public Library, 1903-1913. In charge of the Allen A. Brown Dramatic Collection, 1910-1913 (catalogued and classified it).

Worked on private dramatic collection of Robert Gould Shaw, 1913-1914.

Librarian Redwood Library, Newport, Rhode Island, 1914-1927.

Achievements

• George Lyman Hinckley has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.