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Warnock, William R – Warren, John Collins
Warnock, William R
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 29, 1838, in Urbana, Ohio. For four years he was prosecuting attorney of his county; in 1876-77 was a state senator in the Ohio legislature; and for ten years was judge of court of common pleas.
Warren, Barney E
educator, clergyman, musical editor, was born Feb. 20, 1867, near Rochester, N. Y. He has attained eminence as a successful traveling evangelist; has edited and published a Sunday School Song Book for religious use in evangelical meetings; and is the author of other works. He contributed extensively to the periodical press, and his poems have appeared in several standard works.
Warren, Cornelia
author, was born in 1857 in Massachusetts. She is the author of a work entitled Miss Wilton, a novel.
Warren, Cornelius
congressman, was born in 1790 in Putnam county, N. Y.
He was a member of congress from New York from 1847 until his death. He died July 28, 1849, in Cold Spring, N. Y.
Warren, Cyrus More
chemist, inventor, author, was born Jan. 15, 1824, in Dedham, Mass. The use of coal-tar and asphaltum for roofing and paving purposes have been introduced by the Warren Chemical and Manufacturing company and the Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving company, of which corporations he is president and treasurer. In 1866-68 he held the chair of organic chemistry in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Warren, George W
educator, was born July 8, 1851, in Watertown, N. Y. He has attained success in educational work; has been principal of public schools in Michigan and California; and is now city superintendent of schools in Eureka, Cal.
Warren, Henry White
bishop, author, was born Jan. 4, 1831, in Williamsburg, Mass. He is a methodist bishop living in Denver, and the author of The Bible in the World's Education; Lectures on the Bible in English; Sights and Insights, or Knowledge by Travel; Studies of the Stars; and Recreations in Astronomy.
Warren, Ira
journalist, physician, author, was born in 1806 in Ontario. He was a journalist and physician of Boston, and the author of Causes and Cure of Puseyism; and The Household Physician.
He died in 1864.
Warren, Israel Perkins
clergyman, author, was born April 8, 1814, in New Bethany, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman, editor of The Christian Mirror at Portland, Maine, from 1875, and the author of Three Judges; Chauncey Judd; The Seaman's Cause; Sadduceeism; The Parousia; and The Book of Revelation: an Exposition. He died in 1892.
Warren, James
revolutionary leader, was born Sept. 28, 1726, in Plymouth, Mass. In 1766 he was chosen a member of the colonial assembly, where he served until its final dissolution in 1774. After the death of Gen. Joseph Warren at Bunker Hill, he was chosen to succeed him as president of the provincial congress of Massachusetts. He died Nov. 27, 1808, in Plymouth, Mass.
Warren, John Collins
educator, physician, author, was born Aug. 1, 1778, in Boston, Mass. He was a Boston physician who succeeded his father as professor of anatomy at Harvard university in 1815. He was one of the founders in 1820 of the Massachusetts General hospital, and its chief surgeon till his death. He published Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart; Surgical Observations on Tumors, and lesser works. He died May 4, 1856, in Boston, Mass. on
Warren, John Collins
educator, author, was born May 4, 1842, in Boston, Mass. He is a professor of surgery at Harvard university from 1887, and the author of The Anatomy and Development of Rodent Ulcer; Pathology of Carbuncle and Columnal Adipose; The Healing of Arteries after Ligature in Men and Animals; and Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics.