* Sumner, William Hyslop, An Inquiry Into the Importance of the Militia to a Free Commonwealth: In a Letter from William H. Sumner ... to John Adams, Late President of the United States ; with His Answer, Cummings and Hilliard, Boston, 1823

* General William Hyslop Sumner

Sumner married on 30 September 1779 to Elizabeth Hyslop, daughter of William Hyslop.

Herbert Spencer in Britain and William Graham Sumner were the leading neo-classical liberal theorists of the 19th century.

Frederick Douglass, William Garrison, Horace Greeley, Harriet Stowe, William Seward, Gerrit Smith, Charles Sumner, Theodore Parker, and Cassius Clay used the term caste, rather than race or class, in their writings and speeches to discuss and inspire America to abolish slavery.

The term ethnocentrism was coined by William G. Sumner, upon observing the tendency for people to differentiate between the in-group and others.

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was appealing to some economists, sociologists and political scientists ( most notably Walter Bagehot and William Graham Sumner ) who adapted and rationalized the invisible hand by incorporating the popular idea of the survival of the fittest.

Douglas remained the main advocate for the bill while Chase, William Seward of New York and Charles Sumner of Massachusetts led the opposition.

Perhaps the most well-remembered teacher was William Graham Sumner, professor from 1872 to 1909.

William Graham Sumner, an early U. S. sociologist, recognized that some norms are more important to our lives than others.

Both " mores " and " folkways " are terms coined by William Graham Sumner in 1906.

* Folkways ( sociology )— theory by the sociologist William Graham Sumner.

Although Herder focused on the positive value of cultural variety, the sociologist William Graham Sumner called attention to the fact that one's culture can limit one's perceptions.

Senator J. William Fulbright was born in Sumner on April 9, 1905.

* Sumner, William Leslie ( 1973 ).

* Sumner, William L. ( 1973 ).

" He was a student of philosopher Noah Porter ( 1811 – 1892 ) and economist / sociologist William Graham Sumner ( 1840 – 1910 ).

* William Graham Sumner ( 1840 – 1910 ), American sociologist

* William H. Sumner ( 1780 -?

* The Sumner method, a way of finding a ship's location at sea ; William Thomson ( Lord Kelvin ) calculated a set of tables for its ready application

The Anglican evangelical leader William Orange was vicar of Sumner from 1930 – 1945.

Both " Left Grand Division " commander Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, who vowed that he would not serve under Hooker, and II Corps commander Maj. Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner were relieved of command, on Burnside's recommendation, in the same order appointing Hooker to command.

On June 30, 1888, Camp married Alice Graham Sumner, sister of William Graham Sumner.