Plimpton, George Arthur
ownerid00016031
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1855 - 1936
Other InformationPublisher, scholar and book collector, focusing on the history of education. He donated an extensive part of his collection to the Columbia University Libraries. He founded the Friends of the Columbia University Libraries, serving as its Chairman from 1928 until his death. He was a member of the Grolier Club; the Academy of Political Science; and the Board of Trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy, Amherst College, the World Peace Union, founded by Edwin Ginn, the Church Peace Union, founded by Andrew Carnegie, the Constantinople College for Women, now part of Robert College, and Union Theological Seminary. In 1904, he donated the collection of Italian books and manuscripts, including about 50 incunabula, that his wife, Frances Taylor Pearsons Plimpton, had formed, to her alma mater, Wellesley College (Class of 1884), and added to the collection in subsequent years.
Other Identifierhttps://lccn.loc.gov/n90711393
https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/george-arthur-plimpton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Arthur_Plimpton
Activity
Start (year)1880
End (year)1936
MARC Area Coden-us-ny
PlaceNew York (Geonames Id: 5128581)
Profession / Type of InstitutionScholar
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
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