Werner, M. R. (Morris Robert), 1897-1981

Morris Robert Werner (1897-1981) was an American journalist and writer in the fields of history, biography and current events. He was a sales agent for chemical dyes in China and then became a foreign correspondent for a British newspaper and for the Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune. His literary work included writing articles for various American periodicals, a biography of Fiorello H. La Guardia, and his autobiography.

From the guide to the Morris Werner papers, 1920-1981, 1940-1950, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Morris Robert Werner was the author of approximately fifteen books, primarily biographies and historical works of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries published between 1923 and 1939. He also contributed to numerous periodicals, including the New Yorker, Fortune, and the New Republic and was a staff member of the New York Herald Tribune and Sports Illustrated .

From the guide to the Morris Robert Werner Correspondence, 1921-1944, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)

American author and biographer.

From the description of Interview, 1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609029

Writer.

Morris Robert Werner was the author of approximately fifteen books, primarily biographies and historical works on nineteenth and early twentieth century subjects, published between 1923 and 1939. He also contributed to numerous periodicals, including the New Yorker, Fortune, and the New Republic and was a staff member of the New York Herald Tribune and Sports Illustrated.

From the description of Correspondence, 1921-1944. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 50750903

Morris Robert Werner (1897-1981) was an American journalist and writer in the fields of history, biography and current events.

He was a sales agent for chemical dyes in China and then became a foreign correspondent for a British newspaper and for the Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune. His literary work included writing articles for various American periodicals, a biography of Fiorello H. La Guardia, and his autobiography.

From the description of Morris Werner papers, 1920-1981, bulk(1940-1950) (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652439