Occupation Librarian | Died 10 October 1939 | |
Born September 6, 1850 ( 1850-09-06 ) Warren, Connecticut Known for bibliographer and Director of the Huntington Library (1915-1924) People also search for Arthur El Bostwick, Donald C Dickinson, Ben Jonson, Elihu Dwight D. 1908 Church Books BERMUDA IN PERIODI, CATALOGUE OF BKS RELATIN, Libraries of Greater New York, An Index to Bibliographical Papers P, Compiling a Bibliogra | ||
George Watson Cole (September 6, 1850 - October 10, 1939) was an American librarian and bibliographer.
Cole began working in libraries at the age of 35. Starting in 1885, Cole worked to compile s printed catalogue of the Fitchburg, Massachusetts Public Library. In 1886 he became librarian fir the Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, New York. In 1888, Cole entered the first class of Melvil Dewey's library school at Columbia College. He graduated from the program in 1888 and went to work for the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois.
Cole left Chicago in 1891 to work as the librarian of the Free Public Library of Jersey City, New Jersey. He left Jersey City in 1895 to travel and work on bibliographic research. Cole's most celebrated work was a series of annotated catalogs of the private library of E. Dwight Church.
From 1915 to 1924, Cole served as the librarian of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
In 1999, Cole was named as one of 100 American librarians who made a lasting impact on library service and the nation.