Thomas Lynch Montgomery
| Thomas Lynch Montgomery | |
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March 4, 1862 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 1, 1929 (aged 67) |
| Occupation | Librarian, Historian |
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Thomas Lynch Montgomery (March 4, 1862 – October 1, 1929), was an American historian and librarian of the Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg.
Thomas Lynch Montgomery was born in the Germantown area Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1862, son of Oswald Crathorne and Catherine Gertrude (Lynch) Montgomery. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1884, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. His entire life career was devoted to library work and the preservation of historical and antiquarian memorabilia and records. In 1886 he became actuary and librarian of the Wagner Free Institute of Science. He was founder of the Pennsylvania Library Club in 1890, and in 1892 established the first branch of the Philadelphia Free Library, and since 1894 was one of its trustees and chairman of the library committee. In February, 1903, he was appointed to his the position of State Librarian. He was secretary of Pennsylvania Free Library Commission; commissioner for the Preservation of Historical Archives of Pennsylvania; editor of Pennsylvania Archives; a charter member of the Keystone Library Association; member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, American Historical Association, and Philobiblion Club; life member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; American Library Association and Spring Garden Institute; honorary member of the Dauphin County Historical Society; Wyoming Historical and Geological Society; member of council of Swedish Colonial Society; and of the Harrisburg Club, Harrisburg; and University Club, Philadelphia. He was a Republican in politics.
Montgomery married, October 16, 1889, Brinca Gilpin of Philadelphia. Several years after her death he married Susan Keim Savage. Montgomery died on October 1, 1929 at the age of 67.
References
- Jordan, John W. (1914). Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography: Illustrated. 2. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 537–538.
- "In Memoriam: Thomas Lynch Montgomery". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 54 (1): 89–92. 1930. JSTOR 20086728.
- "Thomas L. Montgomery". The Reading Eagle. Oct 1, 1929. p. 2.