Putnam, George Palmer

George Palmer (1814-1872), an American publisher. He was born at Brunswick, Maine. He became a clerk in a New York bookstore when a lad of fourteen. In 1840 he formed a partnership under the name of Wylie & Putnam, and in the following year he went to London, where he established a branch business. In 1848 he opened a publishing house in New York City. Putnam's Magazine, afterwards absorbed by Scribner's Monthly, was founded in this year. In 1866 he established a publishing house under his own name. It is now known as G. P. Putnam's Sons. Mr. Putnam was one of the foremost American advocates of international copyright. He was the author of several books, including A Plea for International Copyright, The Tourist in Europe, Ten Years of the World's Progress, etc.