1. George Livermore was an American antiquarian, bibliographer, and historian, known chiefly as a book collector.
32 Facts About George Livermore
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George Livermore developed in his lifetime what was recognized as one of the finest private libraries in the United States and his library included many rare and one-of-a-kind bibles like some printed by Johannes Gutenberg.
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George Livermore's parents were Deacon Nathaniel Livermore and Elizabeth Livermore.
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George Livermore attended both public and private elementary schools at Cambridgeport.
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George Livermore pursued college-prep courses in addition to the normal elementary school courses.
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George Livermore began to purchase books from Boston sales in his spare time.
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For reasons of health, in 1823, at the age of fourteen, George Livermore decided to go directly into the workplace rather than attending college.
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George Livermore left school and went to work with his older brothers, Isaac and Marshall.
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George Livermore took some courses in English and Latin at Deerfield Academy.
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In 1829 George Livermore went to Waltham, Massachusetts, some 8 miles miles away, and became a dry-goods clerk and salesman in a store for a year.
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George Livermore returned to Cambridge in 1830 and went to work in his father's shop making fancy soaps.
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George Livermore ran the business with profit for the two years and returned the business to the original owner as per the lease agreement.
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George Livermore went first to Maine, then New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, DC While returning to Massachusetts, he went to West Point and Saratoga, New York.
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George Livermore was employed in the shoe and leather business in Boston in 1834.
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George Livermore enjoyed books throughout his life and collected them from an early age.
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George Livermore obtained books on history, antiquities, biblical studies, and the history of printing and book binding.
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George Livermore had developed, what was recognized at the time, as one of the finest private libraries in the United States.
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George Livermore wrote articles for newspapers; for instance, in 1849 he wrote a series in the "Cambridge Chronicle"' on the New England Primer that were gathered together and published for private distribution in 1850.
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In 1851, George Livermore wrote an article for the Cambridge Chronicle entitled John Wycliffe and the first English Bible which historian Charles Deane praised as an outstanding work of research.
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George Livermore bought various Bibles for his library book collection.
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In 1838, George Livermore obtained a copy of the Coverdale's Bible.
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George Livermore purchased a copy of the Geneva Bible from Rev Dr Homer's personal library in Newton, Massachusetts, which had been presented by Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin to Dr Homer.
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George Livermore's library included a bible that had been owned by Adam Winthrop ; this copy is held by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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George Livermore married Elizabeth Cunningham when he was thirty years old, on October 1,1839, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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George Livermore died August 30,1865, at age 56, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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George Livermore was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society beginning in 1849.
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George Livermore was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1849, and served on its board of councilors from 1853 to 1865.
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George Livermore became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1855.
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George Livermore was a trustee of the Boston Athenaeum from 1851 to 1859, chairing its Library Committee, and later served as its vice-president until his death.
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George Livermore became a trustee of the Massachusetts State Library in 1850.
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George Livermore was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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George Livermore said that the library of Livermore spoke eloquently of him.