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Charles Sumner Young

Best known for writing a full-length tribute to Clara Barton, this early 20th-century author focused on humanitarian history and public affairs. His surviving work suggests a writer drawn to service, international relations, and the lives of notable reformers.

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Clara Barton: A Centenary Tribute to the World's Greatest Humanitarian Founder of the American Red Cross Society, Author of the American Amendment to the International Red Cross Convention of Geneva, Founder of the National First Aid Association of America

Clara Barton: A Centenary Tribute to the World's Greatest Humanitarian Founder of the American Red Cross Society, Author of the American Amendment to the International Red Cross Convention of Geneva, Founder of the National First Aid Association of America

by Charles Sumner Young

About the author

Charles Sumner Young was an American author whose documented published work includes Clara Barton: A Centenary Tribute to the World's Greatest Humanitarian and The Two Republics: International Relations—United States and Mexico. The available records are sparse, but they consistently link his name with historical and civic-minded writing.

His best-known book is the Clara Barton tribute, first published in 1922, a project that points to a strong interest in humanitarian work and public memory. Other listings connect him with writing on relations between the United States and Mexico, suggesting that his interests reached beyond biography into international and political themes.

Because reliable biographical information about Young himself is limited in the sources I could confirm, much of his personal life remains unclear. What does come through is the shape of his legacy: he is remembered through a small body of nonfiction work centered on history, public service, and influential figures.