Pauline Ames Plimpton; Wrote About Famous Men in Her Family

Pauline Ames Plimpton, 93, who lived most of her life in the shadow of her famous father, husband and son before starting to write books at age 79. Mrs. Plimpton penned eight books, including one about her father, “Oakes Ames, Jottings of a Harvard Botanist,” one about her husband, “The Plimpton Papers, Law and Diplomacy,” and one about her father-in-law, “A Collector’s Recollections, George Arthur Plimpton.” Mrs. Plimpton’s father, Oakes Ames, was a renowned Harvard botanist, and her husband, Francis T. P. Plimpton, was a lawyer and diplomat. Her son, George Plimpton, is an author and currently editor of the Paris Review literary magazine. On Saturday in New York City.