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Walter Cox Green
b. 1866
Best known for a classic etiquette guide, this early-20th-century writer turned the rules of social life into a practical, readable handbook. His work offers a window into the manners, expectations, and everyday formalities of his era.
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The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions
by Walter Cox Green
About the author
Walter Cox Green was an American writer and compiler born in 1866. He is best known for The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions, a widely circulated etiquette book that was later preserved by Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive.
Records also connect him with Meadville Theological School in Pennsylvania, where he compiled the institution's General Catalogue, 1844–1910. That work suggests a career grounded not only in writing, but also in careful scholarly and administrative work.
Although detailed biographical information about his personal life is hard to confirm from readily available sources, his surviving books show a clear interest in order, social custom, and useful reference writing. Today, he is remembered mainly through the durability of his etiquette manual and other public-domain works.