George Amos Poole III
George Amos Poole, III | |
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Born | George Amos Poole, III April 8, 1907 |
Died | March 21, 1990 | (aged 82)
Education | University of Chicago Yale University |
Occupation | Printer, Business Executive, Philanthropist, University of Chicago Trustee |
Parent(s) | George Amos Poole, II |
George Amos Poole III (8 April 1907 – 21 March 1990)[1][2] was an American printer who formed an important collection of manuscripts and examples of early printing that was acquired by David A. Randall for the Lilly Library at Indiana University.[3]
Poole attended the University of Chicago and Yale University and went on to direct the Chicago printers Poole Brothers. He was a trustee of the Newberry Library and the University of Chicago.[1] He married Ellen Stuart on 20 September 1930.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b George A. Poole, a Chicago Collector. Paul Saenger, The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago Historical Society, 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ "George Amos Poole/Ellen Stuart". petershumway.org. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ^ "RANDALL, David A." in Dickinson, Donald C. (1998). Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-313-26675-1.
- ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly. Vol. XXXI No. 1. Princeton. 26 September 1930. p. 44.
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- People from Chicago
- 1907 births
- 1990 deaths
- American printers
- Yale University alumni
- Lilly Library
- American book and manuscript collectors
- 20th-century American businesspeople