Putnam
FREDERICK WARD, an American scientist; born in Salem, Mass., April 16, 1839; was graduated at Harvard University in 1862; became curator of ornithology at the Essex Institute in Salem in 1856, superintendent of the East Indian Marine Society's Museum there in 1867, and chief of the Department of Ethnology at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. He edited many volumes of the "Annual Reports of the Trustees of the Peabody Museum of Archæology and Ethnology," and "Proceedings of the Essex Institute." President American Folk-lore Society (1901) and of American Anthropological Society (1905). Died 1915.
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Putnam
HERBERT, an American librarian; born in New York City, Sept. 20, 1861; was graduated at Harvard in 1883; studied at the Columbia Law School; was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1886; librarian of the Boston Public Library in 1895-1899; librarian of Congress since 1899. Twice President of the American Library Association.
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Putnam
FORT, the principal defense of West Point during the Revolution. Now in ruins.
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Putnam (City of Connecticut one)
a city of Connecticut, one of the county-seats of Windham co. It is on the Quinebaug river, and on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad. It is the center of an important agricultural region and its industries include iron works and the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods, silks, trunks, boots and shoes, etc. The city contains a public library and a hospital. Pop. op. (1910) 7,280; (1920) 7,711.
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Putnam (II)
GEORGE HAVEN, an American publisher and author, son of George P.; born in London, England, April 2, 1844. He entered the publishing business in 1866, and was the head of the firm of G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. His works include: "International Copyright" (1879); (1879); "Authors and Publishers" (1883); "Authors and Their Public in Ancient Times" (1893); "Books and Their Makers during the Middle Ages" (1896); "Abraham Lincoln" (1909); "Memoirs of a Publisher" (1915).
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Putnam (III)
GEORGE PALMER, an American publisher and author; born in Brunswick, Me., Feb. 7, 1814. In 1848 he established the publishing house now conducted under the name of G. P. Put nam's Sons; and also founded "Putnam's Magazine." His works include: "American Facts" (1845); "The World's Progress" (1850); "Ten Years of the World's Progress"; etc. He died in New York, Dec. 20, 1872.
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Putnam (ISRAEL an American general)
ISRAEL, an American general in the Revolutionary War; born in Danvers, Mass., in 1718. He was a farmer until the French and Indian war broke out, when, at the age of 36, he took service in the English army having command of a company of "rangers." When the dispute between his country and England commenced, he was created Major-General by Congress; and at Bunker Hill, New York, and during Washington's retreat through New Jersey, he showed himself one of the bravest of the patriot leaders. In 1779 he was stricken with paralysis. His character is well depicted by the inscription on his tomb: "He dared to lead where any dared to follow." He died in 1790.
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Putnam (IV)
WILLIAM LE BARON, an American jurist; born in Bath, Me., May 26, 1835; was a member of a commission to arrange with the British government the rights of American fishermen in Canadian waters in 1887; served also as a commissioner under the treaty PUTS and CALLS of Feb. 8, 1896, between the United States and Great Britain; and was appointed a judge of the United States Circuit Court in 1892. Died 1918.
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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.
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Putnam, Rufus
Rufus (1738-1824), a soldier of the American Revolution. He was born at Sutton, Massachusetts. While a young man he learned to build grist mills and to survey land. Prior to the Revolution he served in the French and Indian War, and was employed in surveying Florida lands. He entered the Revolutionary army as an engineer, but later took command of a regiment. He retired with the rank of brigadier-general. He took a prominent part in the suppression of Shays' Rebellion . In 1787 he became a director of the Ohio Company. It was proposed to employ a capital of $1,000,000 in securing land in the Northwest Territory . A million and one-half acres were purchased from Congress. Location was made in the southeastern part of what is now Ohio. In the year following the passage of the Ordinance of 1787, Putnam located the first colony at the present site of Marietta, Ohio. He held various political and judicial positions in the Northwest Territory. He died at Marietta, the last American survivor of the officers of the Continental Army. His papers and correspondence are cherished by the library of Marietta College.
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Putney
a suburb of London, England, d, in Surrey, Surrey, 6 miles W. S. W. of Waterloo, on the S. side of the Thames. It is a great rowing place, the starting point of the Oxford and Cambridge boat race. The parish church, with a 15th century tower and the chantry of Bishop West of Ely, was mainly rebuilt in 1836; in the churchyard is Toland's grave. Putney is the birthplace of Thomas Cromwell and Gibbon, and the death place of Pitt and Leigh Hunt.
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Putnik
VOIVODE (WAR LEAD- ER) RADOMIR, Serbian general, born in 1847, in Serbia, but son of Austrian Serbs; educated in the military academy in Belgrade; served as captain of infantry during the war against Turkey, in 1876; served in the war against Bulgaria, 1885; and at the beginning of the first Balkan War, when Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Greece allied themselves against Turkey, in 1912, he was raised to the rank of Voivode, meaning literally, war chief, the first Serbian officer to attain this special rank. As such he was in command of all the Serbian forces, during the second Balkan War, as well, when Serbia fought Bulgaria. garia. When the Austrians opened hostilities, in 1914, by their attempted invasion of Serbia, Voivode Putnik was still in command, and so remained until the final invasion in 1915, when Austria received German reinforcements under Von Mackensen.
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