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:''This article is about the American publisher, the author and explorer who lived from 1887 to 1950 and was famous for being married to (and the widower of) Amelia Earhart. For his grandfather, the American book publisher who lived from 1814 to 1872, see George Palmer Putnam.'' George Palmer Putnam (September 7, 1887 – January 4, 1950) was an American publisher, author and explorer. Known for his marriage to (and being the widower of) Amelia Earhart, he had also achieved fame as one of the most successful promoters in the United States during the 1930s. ==Early life== Born in Rye, New York, he was the son of John Bishop Putnam and the grandson of his namesake, George Palmer Putnam, who was the founder of the prominent publishing firm that became G. P. Putnam's Sons. He studied at Harvard University and the University of California. During World War I, George Putnam served with the United States Army field artillery. In 1926, under the sponsorship of the American Museum of Natural History, he led an expedition to the Arctic, up the west coast of Greenland. The following year he headed another expedition for the American Geographical Society to collect wildlife specimens on Baffin Island. In 1911, Putnam married Dorothy Binney (1888–1982), the daughter of Edwin Binney, inventor and co-owner, with cousin C. Harold Smith, of Binney & Smith Inc., the company that made Crayola crayons. They had two sons, David Binney Putnam (1913–1992) and George Palmer Putnam, Jr.(1921-2013), and for a time lived in Bend, Oregon, where Putnam was the publisher and editor of the local newspaper, the ''Bend Bulletin''. He was mayor of Bend from 1912 to 1913.〔( "Drake Park Neighborhood Historic District, Deschutes County, City of Bend, Oregon." ) ''National Register of Historic Places.'' Retrieved: October 25, 2007.〕 Putnam left Bend in 1915 to become the private secretary to Oregon governor James Withycombe.〔 Within a few years, George and Dorothy moved to the East Coast, where Putnam entered the family publishing business in New York City. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George P. Putnam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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