Geo. W. (George Woodward) Warder

Born in Richmond, Missouri, on May 20, 1848, he studied in Missouri and was admitted to the bar while still very young. He later built a successful career in law, banking, and Kansas City real estate, becoming known not only as a businessman but also as a prolific writer.

Warder published poetry, fiction, and philosophical works, including Utopian Dreams and Lotus Leaves, The Cities of the Sun, and The Universe a Vast Electric Organism. His books often mixed social idealism with sweeping theories about electricity, creation, and the structure of the cosmos, giving them a curious, imaginative character that still stands out today.

He died in 1907. For readers interested in unusual American thinkers of the turn of the 20th century, his writing offers a striking blend of reform-minded vision, speculative science, and literary ambition.