Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900

Charles Dudley Warner was an American editor, essayist, and novelist. Born in Plainfield, Mass., Warner spent most of his childhood years in Charlemont, Mass. Following graduation from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and legal training at the University of Pennsylvania, Warner practiced law in Chicago, returning to the East Coast to assume editorial positions at The Hartford press (later Hartford courant) and Harper's magazine. He was the first president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and, at the time of his death in 1900, was president of the American Social Science Association.

From the description of Charles Dudley Warner papers, 1885, 1899. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 184983529

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