Background
Koopman, Harry Lyman was born on July 1, 1860 in Freeport, Maine, United States. Son of Charles Frederick and Mary Brewer (Mitchell) Koopman.
Koopman, Harry Lyman was born on July 1, 1860 in Freeport, Maine, United States. Son of Charles Frederick and Mary Brewer (Mitchell) Koopman.
Bachelor of Arts, Colby College, 1880, Master of Arts, 1883, Doctor of Letters, 1908. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1893.
Germany, 1889; children—Mary Fredrika, Karl Henry. Assistant Astor cataloguer, Cornell, Columbia and Rutgers libraries, 1881-1886. Cataloguer University of Vermont Library, 1886-1892.
Librarian, 1893-1930, professor bibliography, 1908-1930, Brown U. (emeritus).
Member editorial staff, Providence Journal, since 1930. Associate editor Brown Alumni Monthly, 1906-1917.
Member advisory council Simplified Spelling Board. Member Skyscrapers (amateur astronomical society), president, 1934-1935. Member Rhode Island Historical Society, Boston Society Printers.
Married Helene Luise Mayser, of Ulm. Children: Mary Fredrika, Karl Henry.