Arthur H. (Arthur Henry) Senner

Arthur H. Senner, also listed as Arthur Henry Senner, was an American technical writer and engineer whose publications focused on heating and farm structures. Library and catalog records connect him with a series of practical government publications from the 1920s through the 1940s, including The Domestic Oil Burner, Oil Burners for Home Heating, Heating the Farm Home, and Fireplaces and Chimneys.

His writing has a straightforward, instructional quality that fits the mission of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the time: giving readers solid, usable information for everyday problems. In Fireplaces and Chimneys, written with T. A. H. Miller, he helped explain construction and heating issues in a way meant for ordinary readers rather than specialists.

Some records identify him as born in 1898, and a family-history listing gives his lifespan as 1898–1975, but beyond that, reliable biographical detail appears limited in the sources reviewed here. What stands out most clearly is the body of work he left behind: practical manuals designed to make homes and farm buildings safer, warmer, and more efficient.