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William Graham Sumner (1840–1910)
Sumner, William Graham. An American educator and author; born in Paterson, NJ, Oct. 36, 1840; died at Englewood, NJ, April 12, 1910. From 1872–1909 he was professor of political and social science at Yale. Among his works are: ‘History of American Currency’ (1874); ‘Andrew Jackson as a Public Man’ (1882); ‘Economic Problems’ (1884); ‘Protectionism,’ collected essays in political and social science (1885); ‘The Financier and Finances of the American Revolution’ (1891); and ‘Robert Morris’; ‘Folkways.’