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G. S. (George Sumner) Weaver

1818–1908

A 19th-century Universalist minister turned prolific writer, he produced practical, morally focused books for young readers and popular historical works for a broad American audience.

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Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.

Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.

by G. S. (George Sumner) Weaver

About the author

George Sumner Weaver was an American minister and author whose books were published under the name G. S. Weaver. Library and catalog records connect him with works including Hopes and Helps for the Young of Both Sexes, Heaven, and The Lives and Graves of Our Presidents, showing a career that ranged from advice and religious writing to popular history.

An obituary record from the New York State Convention of Universalists says he was born in Vermont on December 24, 1818, and died in Canton, New York, on March 6, 1908. That same source describes him as Reverend George Sumner Weaver, D.D., which fits the strong religious thread running through his writing.

Weaver's books suggest a writer interested in character, self-improvement, faith, and civic life. His titles for young people are especially rooted in the practical concerns of everyday living, while his presidential history points to an effort to bring national history to general readers in an accessible way.