George Haven Putnam

George Haven Putnam A.M., Litt.D. was an American soldier, publisher, and author. He married classical scholar Emily James Smith Putnam. He was the father of medieval historian Bertha Haven Putnam and wind power pioneer Palmer Cosslett Putnam.

The eldest son of publisher George Palmer Putnam and Victorine Haven Putnam, he was born in London, UK where his father had been living since 1841 while establishing a branch office for his New York City publishing company, Wiley amp Putnam. In 1848 the family returned to the United States, settling at Stapleton, New York, on Staten Island. Havens early instruction was at home by his mother and nurse. He was prepared for college, first, by the Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, who had a class of boys at St. Georges Church, of which Dr. Tyng was rector and his son, Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., instructor of a company of cadets. Haven next entered Starrs Military Academy, Yonkers, New York. In 1857 he attended Prof. John MacMullens school in upper New York and the Columbia Grammar School conducted by Dr. Anthon after 1859.

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