Charles Dudley Warner 1829 -1900
Charles Dudley Warner (September 12, 1829 – October 20, 1900) was an American essayist, novelist, and a close friend of Mark Twain. Together, they co-authored the satirical novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.
Born in Plainfield, Massachusetts, Warner was of Puritan descent. From ages six to fourteen, he lived in Charlemont, Massachusetts, which inspired his nostalgic portrayal of childhood in Being a Boy (1877). He later moved to Cazenovia, New York, and graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, in 1851.
Warner’s career was diverse: he worked with a surveying party in Missouri, studied law at the University of Pennsylvania, and practiced law in Chicago from 1856 to 1860. Transitioning to journalism, he became assistant editor of The Hartford Press in 1860, rising to editor by 1861. When The Press merged with The Hartford Courant, he co-edited the publication with Joseph R. Hawley.
In 1884, Warner joined the editorial staff of Harper’s Magazine, where he contributed to The Editor’s Drawer until 1892, later taking charge of The Editor’s Study.
Warner passed away in Hartford, Connecticut, on October 20, 1900, and was laid to rest at Cedar Hill Cemetery, with Mark Twain serving as a pallbearer. To explore Warner’s writings, click the links below.
- Charles Dudley Warner 1829 – 1900
- Charles Dudley Warner by Mrs. James Field
- Online Articles by Charles Dudley Warner
- Primary and Secondary Sources on Charles Dudley Warner
- Being a Boy by Charles Dudley Warner
- My Summer in a Garden by Charles Dudley Warner
- As We Were Saying by Charles Dudley Warner
- Washington Irving by Charles Dudley Warner
- Saunterings by Charles Dudley Warner
- In the Wilderness by Charles Dudley Warner
- Relation of Literature to Life by Charles Dudley Warner with a biographical sketch by Thomas R. Lounsbury