en

John Bishop Putnam

Please add an image!
Birth Date:
17.07.1849
Death date:
07.10.1915
Categories:
Businessman
Nationality:
 american
Cemetery:
Set cemetery

John Bishop Putnam (July 17, 1849 – October 7, 1915) was treasurer and a director of the book publishing firm founded by his father, G.P. Putnam & Sons.

Biography

He was born in Staten Island, New York on July 17, 1849 to George Palmer and Mrs. Victorine Haven Putnam, a year after his father founded the firm. He was educated at Clark and Fanning's Collegiate Institute and the Pennsylvania Agricultural College. Before entering the family business in 1868, he traveled extensively in Europe and Japan. In 1874, he established a book printing and manufacturing office, operating initially out of newly leased premises at 182 Fifth Avenue.[1] Originally, a part of G.P. Putnam & Sons, it later became a separate division called the Knickerbocker Press. In 1889 it relocated to a new building in New Rochelle, New York, the Knickerbocker Press Building.

Putnam married Francis Faulkner (b. 1857, d. 1936) on April 18, 1882. They had three sons, Robert Faulkner Putnam (d. 1937), Victor Haven Putnam (d. 1925) and George P. Putnam (d. 1950). Their son George Palmer, a publisher and explorer, was married to Amelia Earhart; the famous aviator. John Bishop Putnam was an avid photographer and the author of several books, including "A Norwegian Ramble Among the Fjords, Mountains and Glaciers" and "Authors and Publishers", the latter, co-authored with his brother, and fellow publisher, George Haven Putnam. A resident of Rye, New York, he died of heart failure on October 7, 1915. Mr. Putnam was a member of The New York Typothetae, The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York, and of the Union League and American Yacht Clubs.

Source: wikipedia.org

No places

    loading...

        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1George Palmer PutnamGeorge Palmer PutnamFather07.02.181420.12.1872
        2George Palmer PutnamGeorge Palmer PutnamSon07.09.188704.01.1950
        3George Haven PutnamGeorge Haven PutnamBrother02.04.184427.02.1930
        4Amelia  EarhartAmelia EarhartDaughter in-law24.07.189702.07.1937

        No events set

        Tags