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| elected_AI = 1898.05.10
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| membership = ordinary fellow - life compounder
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=== House Notes ===
1898.04.26 proposed
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
... author George Iles, magnified the potential that libraries possessed to edify large numbers of people. Iles, originally from Gibraltar, had lived in Montreal before he moved permanently to New York in 1887. For many years, he promoted the idea of literature appraisals by trustworthy authorities ...<br />In 1902, Iles gave the American Library Association $10,000 to support publication of The Literature of American History ...<br /><br />Writer and hotel manager<br />Born in Gibraltar, died in New York. Went to Canada in 1857. Journalist and author of various books including Flame, Electricity and the Camera (1900) on technological evolution. He was also a hotel manager<br />
