Sumner

(sumnər)

  1. Sumner, Charles 1811-74; U.S. statesman & abolitionist
  2. Sumner, William Graham 1840-1910; U.S. sociologist & economist

See Sumner in American Heritage Dictionary 4

American politician. A U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1851-1874), he was a noted orator with an uncompromising opposition to slavery.

, James Batcheller 1887-1955.

American biochemist. He shared a 1946 Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on crystallizing enzymes.

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