George Geary Bennis (1790–1866) was a writer, originally from Limerick in Ireland. At different times Bennis also worked as a grocer, a librarian and a newspaper editor. In retrospect, however, he is chiefly remembered as a prodigious book collector who bequeathed enough volumes to his native city of Limerick to form the basis of a library "for the free use of the citizens", although it would only be in 1893 that the first public library in Limerick was actually opened.
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1790 Limerick, Ireland
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1866 (aged 75)
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