George Palmer Putnam (1814–72)

American publisher. Joined the firm Wiley & Long in 1833; in 1840, the firm was renamed Wiley & Putnam. Went to London in 1840 and returned in 1841 to set up a literary agency on behalf of his firm; stayed with his family until 1847, when his partnership with Wiley was dissolved. Continued to publish American literature under his own name.