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Herbert Putnam
George Herbert Putnam
American librarian and lawyer (1861-1955).
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition)
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Herbert Putnam
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Place of Birth
New York City
Country of Citizenship
United States
Date of Birth
9/20/1861
Date of Death
8/14/1955
Instance Of
Human
Educated At
Harvard University
Columbia University
Columbia Law School
Occupation
Librarian
Lawyer
Law Librarian
Given Name
Herbert
Described by Source
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Section
:
Putnam, Herbert
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Putnam, Herbert
Dictionary of American Library Biography
100 of the Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century
A Dictionary of Eminent Librarians
The Encyclopedia Americana
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Putnam, Herbert
Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Putnam, Herbert
New International Encyclopedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New International Encyclopædia/Putnam, Herbert
Pioneers in Librarianship: Sixty Notable Leaders Who Shaped the Field
Member Of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Letters
American Library Association
Position Held
Librarian of Congress
(1899 - 1939)
Replaced By
:
Archibald MacLeish
Start Time
:
1899
End Time
:
1939
President of the American Library Association
(January 1898 - August 1898)
Start Time
:
January 1898
End Time
:
August 1898
President of the American Library Association
(1903 - 1904)
Start Time
:
1903
End Time
:
1904
Child
Brenda Putnam
Commons Gallery
Herbert Putnam
Father
George Palmer Putnam
Place of Death
Woods Hole
Employer
Library of Congress
Sibling
Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi
George Haven Putnam
John Bishop Putnam
Ruth Putnam
Residence
Minneapolis
Place of Burial
Woods Hole
Award Received
Library Hall of Fame
Knight Officer of the Order of the Polar Star
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Joseph W. Lippincott Award
(1939)
Point in Time
:
1939
American Library Association Honorary Membership
(1940)
Point in Time
:
1940
Family Name
Putnam
Name in Native Language
Herbert Putnam
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Sex or Gender
Male
Writing Language
English
Birth Name
George Herbert Putnam
Different From
Herbert Putnam
Minneapolis Public Library
Replaces
:
John Russell Young
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