George Amos Poole, III | |
Birth Name: | George Amos Poole, III |
Birth Date: | 8 April 1907 |
Education: | University of Chicago Yale University |
Occupation: | Printer, Business Executive, Philanthropist, University of Chicago Trustee |
Parents: | George Amos Poole, II |
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 the University of Chicago and Yale University 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]