biography
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Putnam, George Haven
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| lived:
| (1844–1930)
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| biography:
| Publisher and writer, born in London, UK. Emigrating to the USA as a child, he capably succeeded his father, George Palmer Putnam, as president of G P Putnam & Son (1872). In 1896 he organized the International Copyright League to lobby for copyright legislation. His own writings included several volumes on the Civil War and a popular children's book, The Little Gingerbread Man (1910). |
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