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George P. Upton
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

George P. Upton

Boston, 1834 - 1919, Chicago
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BiographyGeorge Putnam Upton (1834–1919) was an American journalist and author. George Putnam Upton was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on October 25, 1834.[1] He took an MA at Brown University in 1854, and soon after started writing for newspapers in Chicago. In 1862, Upton became the music critic for the Chicago Tribune.[2] He became the senior editor at the Tribune in 1881 and remained in the post until 1905. A. C. McLurg & Co. published several of his books. He married Sara E. Bliss in 1861. He remarried to Georgiana S. Wood on September 21, 1880.[1] Upton died from pneumonia at his home in Chicago on May 19, 1919.[2][3] He was interred at Oak Woods Cemetery.[4] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Putnam_Upton DJackson 4/7/2021]
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