Walter Lippincott (1849)

Born 21 Mar 1849 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Trotter (Horstmann) Lippincott — married 21 Oct 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

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Biography

Walter was born in 1849. He is the son of Joshua Lippincott and Josephine Craige.

Walter Lippincott, Publisher, received his early education at the Thomas Baldwin Academy, Philadelphia; entered the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1868; left in Sophomore year to travel Europe a year. On his return in the fall of 1866 entered his father's publishing and bookselling house, J. B. Lippincott & Company, of Philadelphia; became partner in 1868 when only twenty years of age; was very active in the business, so much so that his health broke down in 1881 and he withdrew from active work. When the partnership was changed to an incorporated company in 1885, he became a Director and continues that relation. Is Deputy Governor of the Penn's branch of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, and is Vice Commodore of Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia; has declined a number of offers of directorships, etc., on account of his health.

Sources

• Colonial Families of the United States, page 365, 368.