George Haven Putnam
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George Haven Putnam
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| Born |
April 2, 1844 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | February 27, 1930 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Alma mater | Columbia College, 1861 |
| Occupation | soldier, publisher, and author |
| Known for | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca K. Shepard Emily James Smith Putnam (m. 1899) |
| Children |
Bertha Haven Putnam Palmer Cosslett Putnam |
| Parent(s) | George Palmer Putnam and Victorine Haven Putnam |
| Family | (sister) Mary Corinna Putnam brothers) John Bishop Putnam, Irving Putnam, Herbert Putnam |
George Haven Putnam A.M., Litt.D. (April 2, 1844 – February 27, 1930) was an American soldier, publisher, and author. He married classical scholar Emily James Smith Putnam. He was the father of medieval historian Bertha Haven Putnam (by his first wife Rebecca K. Shepard) and wind power pioneer Palmer Cosslett Putnam.
The eldest son of publisher George Palmer Putnam and Victorine Haven Putnam, he was born in London, UK where his father had been living since 1841 while establishing a branch office for his New York City publishing company, Wiley & Putnam. In 1848 the family returned to the United States, settling at Stapleton, New York, on Staten Island. Haven's early instruction was at home by his mother and nurse. He was prepared for college, first, by the Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, who had a class of boys at St. George's Church, of which Dr. Tyng was rector and his son, Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., instructor of a company of cadets. Haven next entered Starr's Military Academy, Yonkers, New York. In 1857 he attended Prof. John MacMullen's school in upper New York and the Columbia Grammar School conducted by Dr. Anthon after 1859.
He matriculated at Columbia College in 1861, but the condition of his eyes led his father to send him abroad to consult oculists in Paris and Berlin. In Berlin, Putnam placed himself under the care of Baron von Graefe, then the leading oculist of Europe. As his sight improved, he attended courses of lectures at the Sorbonne, Paris, devoted to French literature and the literature and history of Rome. At the advice of Baron von Graefe, he discontinued lectures after reaching Berlin and sought open-air environments as necessary to complete his treatment. He visited Bayard Taylor at Gotha and en route visited the galleries at Dresden, tramped through Saxony, Switzerland, studied Bohemian life at Prague, passed through the Black Forest region, saw the toymakers of Nuremberg, continued the tramp through the pleasant region of the Thüringerwald and finally reached Göttingen, where he took up his studies at the University of Göttingen. However, with the outbreak of the American Civil War he left the university without graduating to return home to serve in the Union Army.
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