Overview
Barbara Merrihew Perkins "Perky" Gamow (May 22, 1905 - December 1975) was an American publicist, editor and translator.
Biography
Barbara Merrihew Perkins was born in San Francisco, California, on May 22, 1905.
In 1938, she married J. R. de la Torre Bueno, scholar and editor, and divorced around 1943.
She mainly worked in the publishing business. From 1950 to 1958, she was a publicity manager for the Cambridge University Press.
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