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Ezra J. Warner (historian)

American historian (–)

Ezra J. Warner

Born

Ezra Joseph Warner


()July 4,

Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.

DiedMay 30, () (aged&#;63)

La Jolla, California, U.S.

Resting placeLake Forest Cemetery
DisciplineMilitary history

Ezra Joseph Warner III (July 4, &#; May 30, ) was an American historian of the American Civil War.

Biography

He was born in Lake Forest, Illinois, and lived in La Jolla, California, where he worked as an investment counselor.[1] He was the son of Ezra J. Warner, Jr. and grandson of Ezra J Warner,[2] who were wholesale grocery business executives in Chicago, Illinois.[3] His father, Ezra J.

Warner, Jr., was president & treasurer of wholesale grocery business Sprague, Warner & Company and vice president of the Chicago Orchestral Association.[3] His mother was the former Marion Hall.[3] His great uncle was Union General James M. Warner.[citation needed]

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Warner died in La Jolla on May 30, , and was buried at Lake Forest Cemetery in Illinois.[4]

Works

Ezra J. Warner III is well known for his work in Civil War biography. His works included:

Notes

  1. ^'LSU Press' Retrieved January 20,
  2. ^Bunch, Bryan H. and Alexander Hellemans.

    The history of science and technology: a browser's guide to the great discoveries, inventions and the people who made them from the dawn of time to today.

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    New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, ISBN&#; Retrieved January 20, p. says that this is the same Ezra Warner who invented the first can opener in He was born in Middlebury, Vermont on March 8, and died on September 9, in Lake Forest, Illinois. He moved from Vermont first to Wisconsin in and then to Chicago about a year later. While this Ezra Warner could be the same man who invented the first can opener, the cited book is the only source which has been found that makes that specific statement.

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  4. ^"Ezra J. Warner". Chicago Tribune. June 1, p.&#; Retrieved April 20, &#; via