George Burnham Ives (1856-1930) was an American bibliographer, editor, and translator.

Early life

He was a member of Salem's Pickering family. Ives was a

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graduate of

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Career

He became the Assistant District Attorney of Essex County. On May 12, 1890, Ives pleaded guilty to charges of embezzlement and forgery, having been caught misappropriating tens of thousands of dollars from various trust funds as well as squandering his wife's inheritance. He was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in Charlestown Prison and was disbarred. While in prison, Ives developed a second career as a translator. After his release, he became a distinguished and prolific literary translator, translating works by Balzac,

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, Gautier,

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, Mérimée,

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and others into English. He edited an edition of the essays of

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(the infamous "fig leaf" edition). In later life, Ives produced the first comprehensive bibliography of the works of Oliver Wendell Holmes and worked as an editor at ''

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Works

Author

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''Text, Type and Style: A Compendium of Atlantic Usage''

Bibliographer

190
''A Bibliography of Oliver Wendell Holmes''

References

External links

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''The Pickering House Newsletter'', Issue #14, November 2009, p. 4
1856 births 1930 deaths American bibliographers Harvard Law School alumni American translators {{US-translator-stub