George Amos Poole III explained

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]

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  1. http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2412.html George A. Poole, a Chicago Collector.
  2. Web site: George Amos Poole/Ellen Stuart. petershumway.org. 2014-08-25.
  3. "RANDALL, David A." in Book: Dickinson, Donald C.. Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers. 1998. Greenwood Press. Westport. 978-0-313-26675-1. 169.
  4. Book: Princeton Alumni Weekly. XXXI No. 1. 26 September 1930. Princeton. 44.