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Ashton-Warner, Sylvia
(Encyclopedia)Ashton-Warner, Sylvia, 1905–84, New Zealand British novelist and educator, b. Stratford, New Zealand. For years a teacher of Maori children, Ashton-Warner developed many stimulating educational meth...Warner, Anna Bartlett
(Encyclopedia)Warner, Anna Bartlett: see under Warner, Susan Bogert. ...Warner, Charles Dudley
(Encyclopedia)Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829–1900, American editor and author, b. Plainfield, Mass., grad. Hamilton College, 1851, LL.B. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1858. After practicing law in Chicago, he was associat...Warner, Glenn Scobey
(Encyclopedia)Warner, Glenn Scobey, 1871–1954, American football coach, commonly known as “Pop” Warner, b. Springville, N.Y., grad. Cornell (LL.B., 1894). He excelled as guard (1892–94) on the Cornell footb...Warner, Harry Morris
(Encyclopedia)Warner, Harry Morris: see Warner Brothers. ...Warner, Jack Leonard
(Encyclopedia)Warner, Jack Leonard: see Warner Brothers. ...Warner, Mark Robert
(Encyclopedia)Warner, Mark Robert, 1954–, U.S. politician, b. Indianapolis, grad George Washington Univ. (B.A., 1977), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1980). After settling in Virginia and working as a congressional st...Warner, Olin Levi
(Encyclopedia)Warner, Olin Levi, 1844–96, American sculptor, b. Suffield, Conn. He studied art in Paris, working for a time as an assistant to J.-B. Carpeaux. He served in the Franco-Prussian War (1870) and retur...Warner, Samuel Louis
(Encyclopedia)Warner, Samuel Louis: see Warner Brothers. ...Warner, Susan Bogert
(Encyclopedia)Warner, Susan Bogert, pseud. Elizabeth Wetherall, 1819–85, American novelist, b. New York City. Of her many books the best known was The Wide, Wide World (1850), a pious, tearful tale of an orphan. ...Browse by Subject
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