George Parker Winship

George Parker Winship, A. M. (29 July 1871 22 June 1952) was an American librarian and author, born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard in 1893.

George Parker Winship
Born29 July 1871 
Bridgewater 
Died22 June 1952  (aged 80)
Dover 
Alma mater
OccupationLibrarian, bibliographer 
Parent(s)

He was librarian of the John Carter Brown Library at Providence, R.I. from 1895 to 1915. Subsequently, he took charge of the collection of rare books made by Harry Elkins Widener and housed in the new Widener Memorial Library at Harvard. Winship was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1899.[1]

Winship was a scholar as well as a librarian. He edited a number of historical works and published: The Coronado Expedition (1896); John Cabot (1898); Geoffrey Chaucer, (1900); Cabot Bibliography (1900); William Caxton (1909); Printing in South America (1912); and The John Carter Brown Library (1914).

His father was the American educator Albert Edward Winship.

Publications

  • The Coronado Expedition (1896);
  • John Cabot (1898);
  • Geoffrey Chaucer, (1900);
  • Cabot Bibliography (1900);
  • William Caxton (1909);
  • Printing in South America (1912);
  • The John Carter Brown Library (1914).
  • Sailors Narratives of Voyages Along the New England Coast, 15241634 (1905)
  • The Cambridge Press 16381692 (1946)

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