George Amos Poole

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 Chicago University and Yale 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

  1. 1 2 George A. Poole, a Chicago Collector. Paul Saenger, The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago Historical Society, 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "George Amos Poole/Ellen Stuart". petershumway.org. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  3. ↑ "RANDALL, David A." in Dickinson, Donald C. (1998). Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-313-26675-1.
  4. ↑ Princeton Alumni Weekly. Vol. XXXI No. 1. Princeton. 26 September 1930. p. 44.

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