Sumner
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Surname
The surname Sumner originates in the English-language word that is spelled, in modern English, summoner, denoting a person who serves a summonsSummons
Legally, a summons is a legal document issued by a court or by an administrative agency of government for various purposes.-Judicial summons:...
. In Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer , known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey...
's The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at...
, one of the characters is a summoner (see "The Summoner's Tale"); a Middle English
Middle English
Middle English is the stage in the history of the English language during the High and Late Middle Ages, or roughly during the four centuries between the late 11th and the late 15th century....
spelling is Somonour.
- Allen Melancthon SumnerAllen Melancthon SumnerAllen M. Sumner was an officer in the United States Marine Corps.-Biography:Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he initially went to Harvard before securing a place in the Naval Academy. On March 17, 1907, Sumner was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps...
(1882-1918), American Marine - Andrew SumnerAndrew SumnerAndrew Sumner is a British movie journalist and magazine publisher.Sumner wrote for John Brown's comics news magazine, Speakeasy, in the late 80s...
, British movie journalist and magazine publisher - Bernard SumnerBernard SumnerBernard Sumner , also known as Bernard Dickin, Bernard Dicken and Bernard Albrecht is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboard player and producer....
(born 1956), British musician - Brian SumnerBrian SumnerBrian Sumner is a professional skateboarder for Reliance Skateboards, Truth Soul Armor Clothing, Airspeed skate shoes, Rocket Wheels, Independent Trucks, Ninja Bearings, Furnace skate shop, Project Hardware and Fender Guitars...
(born 1979), British skateboarder - Carl SumnerCarl SumnerCarl Ringdahl Sumner was a former Major League Baseball player. 'Lefty' was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and lived in the state until his death in Chatham, Massachusetts....
(1908-1999), American baseball player - Charles SumnerCharles SumnerCharles Sumner was an American politician and senator from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction,...
(1811-1874), American politician - Charles Richard SumnerCharles Richard SumnerCharles Richard Sumner Charles Richard Sumner Charles Richard Sumner (22 November 1790 - 15 August 1874, born at Kenilworth, was an English bishop.-Life:Sumner was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1814, MA in 1817. Later on he was ordained deacon and priest...
(1790-1874), British religious leader - Charlie SumnerCharlie SumnerCharles "Charlie" Sumner is a former American football player who was selected by the Chicago Bears in the twenty second round of the 1954 NFL Draft. A 6'1", 194 lbs. safety from the College of William & Mary, Sumner played in 8 NFL seasons from 1955-1962...
(born 1930), American football player and coach - Cid Ricketts SumnerCid Ricketts SumnerCid Ricketts Sumner was a novelist from the United States. She also taught English at a Jackson, Mississippi high school and French at Millsaps College....
(1890-1970), American novelist - Claude SumnerClaude SumnerClaude Sumner who describes himself as "a Canadian by Birth, and an Ethiopian by choice" was the first English-speaking scholar to introduce the thoughts of Zara Yacob to the philosophical world. Sumner undertook the task of comparing Zara Yacob with Descartes on methods of thinking. For Sumner,...
, Canadian/Ethiopian philosopher - Edwin Vose "Bull" SumnerEdwin Vose SumnerEdwin Vose Sumner was a career United States Army officer who became a Union Army general and the oldest field commander of any Army Corps on either side during the American Civil War...
(1797-1863), American Civil War general - Gordon Sumner (born 1951), the British musician Sting
- Heywood SumnerHeywood SumnerGeorge Heywood Maunoir Sumner was originally an English painter, illustrator and craftsman, closely involved with the Arts and Crafts movement and the late-Victorian London art world...
(1853-1940), English artist, designer, writer and archaeologist - Increase SumnerIncrease SumnerIncrease Sumner was an American politician from Massachusetts. He served as the fifth governor of Massachusetts from 1797 to 1799. Trained as a lawyer, he served in the provisional government of Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War, and was elected to the Confederation Congress in...
(1746-1799), American politician and jurist - J. D. SumnerJ. D. SumnerJohn Daniel "J. D." Sumner was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and music promoter noted for his extremely deep bass voice, his use of the vocal technique known as vocal fry, and his associations with Elvis Presley....
(1924-1998), American singer and songwriter - James B. SumnerJames B. SumnerJames Batcheller Sumner was an American chemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 with John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley.-Biography:...
(1887-1955), American biochemist - Jake SumnerJake SumnerJake Sumner is a British model and the son of British singer Sting and Trudie Styler. His birth was documented on the Bring on the Night documentary. He modeled in 2003 for Tommy Hilfiger's denim campaign. -External links:...
(born 1985), British model - Jethro SumnerJethro SumnerJethro Exum Sumner was a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.Sumner was born in Virginia. He was active in the measures that preceded the Revolution, and in 1760 was paymaster of the provincial troops of North Carolina and commander at Fort Cumberland...
, American Revolutionary War general - Joe SumnerJoe SumnerJoseph Sumner is the son of actress Frances Tomelty and singer/actor/activist Gordon Sumner . He is the lead singer and bass player in the UK band Fiction Plane....
(born 1976), British musician - John S. SumnerJohn S. SumnerJohn Saxton Sumner headed the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice , a New York state censorship body empowered to recommend obscenity cases to the appropriate prosecutors. He served as Associate Secretary of the NYSSV for three years, succeeding founder Anthony Comstock as Executive...
(1876-1971), head of New York Society for the Suppression of ViceNew York Society for the Suppression of ViceThe New York Society for the Suppression of Vice was an institution dedicated to supervising the morality of the public, founded in 1873. Its specific mission was to monitor compliance with state laws and work with the courts and district attorneys in bringing offenders to justice. It and its...
from 1915-50 - John Sumner (actor born 1951) (1936-2004), British mountaineer
- John Bird SumnerJohn Bird SumnerJohn Bird Sumner was a bishop in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury.-Life:Sumner was the elder brother of Bishop Charles Richard Sumner. He was born at Kenilworth, Warwickshire and educated at Eton College and Cambridge University. In 1802 he became a master at Eton and was...
(1780-1862), British religious leader - Joseph Burton SumnerJoseph Burton SumnerJoseph Burton Sumner was a figure in the founding of Sumner, Mississippi.Sumner and his family moved to Tallahatchie County, Mississippi from Alabama around January, 1872. J. B. Sumner built the first general store and post office in the town that was later named for him in 1885, where he became...
(1837-1920), American settler - Kelly SumnerKelly SumnerKelly Sumner was the managing director of Commodore UK, the UK subsidiary of Commodore International, during the early 1990s. He then joined US games publisher Gametek Inc. as MD of international operations. He became CEO of Gametek prior to selling part of the company to Take-Two Interactive...
, British businessman - L. W. SumnerL. W. SumnerLeonard Wayne Sumner is a Canadian philosopher notable for his work on normative and applied ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of law....
, Canadian philosopher - Mary SumnerMary SumnerMary Sumner was the founder of the Mothers' Union, a worldwide Anglican women's organisation. She is commemorated in a number of provinces of the Anglican Communion on 9 August....
(1828–1921), founder of the Mothers' Union - Robert SumnerRobert SumnerRobert L. Sumner is an American Christian author, Baptist pastor, evangelist and editor of the fundamentalist newspaper called The Biblical Evangelist.-Personal:...
(born 1922), American evangelist & writer - Samuel S. SumnerSamuel S. SumnerSamuel Storrow Sumner was a United States Army general during the Spanish-American War, Boxer Rebellion, and Philippine-American War....
(1842-1937), American general - Steve SumnerSteve SumnerSteven Paul Sumner is an English-born, New Zealand football player, who was captain of the national team during the country's first successful campaign to qualify for the World Cup, in 1982.-Club career:...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1980s), New Zealand football player - Thomas Hubbard SumnerThomas Hubbard SumnerThomas Hubbard Sumner was a sea captain during the 19th century. He is best known for developing the celestial navigation method known as the Sumner Line or line of position.-Biography:...
(1807-1876), American mariner - Timothy SumnerTimothy SumnerTimothy J. Sumner is Professor of Experimental Physics at Imperial College London He is a member of the UK Dark Matter Collaboration, and Sumner's interests cover a wide range of astronomy-related fields, focusing particularly on particle physics....
, British astronomer - Walt SumnerWalt SumnerWalter Herman Sumner is a former American football player who was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the seventh round of the 1969 NFL Draft. A 6'1", 188 lbs. safety from Florida State University, Sumner played in 6 NFL seasons from 1969-1974.At Florida State, he was a two-sport star as an...
, American football player - William Graham SumnerWilliam Graham SumnerWilliam Graham Sumner was an American academic and "held the first professorship in sociology" at Yale College. For many years he had a reputation as one of the most influential teachers there. He was a polymath with numerous books and essays on American history, economic history, political...
(1840-1910), American sociologist - William H. SumnerWilliam H. SumnerWilliam Hyslop Sumner was born on July 4, 1780 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of Gov. Increase Sumner. W H Sumner graduated from Harvard University in 1799. He served as a General in the Massachusetts militia. Sumner wrote The History of East Boston and died in 1861.-Early...
(1780-?), Boston historical figure
Given name
- Sumner PaineSumner PaineSumner Paine was an American shooter. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.Paine entered all three of the pistol events in the 1896 Games...
, 1896 Olympic shooting gold and silver medalist - Sumner Chilton PowellSumner Chilton PowellSumner Chilton Powell was a historian and teacher of history at the Choate School. He was a 1946 graduate of Amherst College and received a doctorate in History from from Harvard University in 1956. His book Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town received the Pulitzer Prize for...
, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryPulitzer Prize for HistoryThe Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography...
in 1964 - Sumner RedstoneSumner RedstoneSumner Murray Redstone is an American media magnate. He is the majority owner and Chairman of the Board of the National Amusements theater chain...
(or Sumner Murray Rothstein, born 1923), Chairman of Viacom - Sumner WellesSumner WellesBenjamin Sumner Welles was an American government official and diplomat in the Foreign Service. He was a major foreign policy adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as Under Secretary of State from 1937 to 1943, during FDR's presidency.-Early life:Benjamin Sumner Welles was born in...
, (1892-1961), U. S. Undersecretary of State
Places
- In Australia
- Sumner, QueenslandSumner, QueenslandSumner is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 15 km south-west of the CBD.Sumner is split between residential and industry, with a large industrial estate Sumner Park.-External links:*...
, suburb of Brisbane
- Sumner, Queensland
- In New Zealand:
- Sumner, New ZealandSumner, New ZealandSumner is a coastal seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand and was surveyed and named in 1849 in honour of John Bird Sumner, the then newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and president of the Canterbury Association...
, seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand - Lake SumnerLake SumnerLake Sumner, known as Hokakura in Māori, is a lake situated 100 km northwest of Christchurch in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. The lake is located in the Lake Sumner Forest Park; the Hurunui River and several other lakes also lie within the park.The Lake Sumner region is a popular area...
- Sumner, New Zealand
- in the United States:
- Sumner, California, former name of Kern, California
- Sumner, GeorgiaSumner, GeorgiaSumner is a town in Worth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 309 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Albany, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Sumner is located at ....
- Sumner, IllinoisSumner, IllinoisSumner is a city in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,022 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sumner is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Sumner, IowaSumner, IowaSumner is a city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. The city is located along the county's eastern border, between Bremer and Fayette counties. The population was 2,106 at the 2000 census. The Bremer County portion of Sumner is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Sumner, MaineSumner, MaineSumner is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Sumner is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 854 at the 2000 census. The town includes the villages of West Sumner and East Sumner....
- Sumner, Michigan
- Sumner, MississippiSumner, MississippiSumner is a town in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 407 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sumner is located at ....
- Sumner, MissouriSumner, MissouriSumner is a city in Chariton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 142 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town.-Geography:Sumner is located at ....
- Sumner, NebraskaSumner, NebraskaSumner is a village in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lexington, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 237 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sumner is located at ....
- Sumner, OklahomaSumner, OklahomaSumner is a small rural community located in Noble County, Oklahoma, United States, ten miles east of Perry and two miles north of US highway 64. Established prior to statehood along the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, the post office opened on May 23, 1894. The town was named for Henry T....
- Sumner, WashingtonSumner, WashingtonSumner is a city in northern Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 9,451 at the 2010 census. Nearby cities include Puyallup to the west, Auburn to the north, and Enumclaw to the east.-History:...
- Four places called Sumner in the state of Wisconsin:
- Sumner, Barron County, WisconsinSumner, Barron County, WisconsinSumner is a town in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 598 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Sumner is located in the town.-Geography:...
, a town- Sumner (community), Barron County, WisconsinSumner (community), Barron County, WisconsinSumner is an unincorporated community located in the town of Sumner, Barron County, Wisconsin, United States....
, an unincorporated community
- Sumner (community), Barron County, Wisconsin
- Sumner, Jefferson County, WisconsinSumner, Jefferson County, WisconsinSumner is a town in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 904 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Busseyville, Carcajou, Koshkonong Manor, and North Shore are located within the town.-Geography:...
, a town - Sumner, Trempealeau County, WisconsinSumner, Trempealeau County, WisconsinSumner is a town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 806 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.9 square miles , of which, 33.8 square miles of it is land and 0.04 square miles of...
, a town
- Sumner, Barron County, Wisconsin
- Sumner County, KansasSumner County, KansasSumner County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. The county's population was 24,132 for the 2010 census. Its county seat is Wellington. Sumner County is part of the Wichita, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named in honor of Charles Sumner, a U.S...
- Sumner County, TennesseeSumner County, TennesseeSumner County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2000, the population was 130,449. Its county seat is Gallatin, but its largest town is Hendersonville...
- Sumner Township, MichiganSumner Township, MichiganSumner Township is a civil township of Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,911 at the 2000 census.-Communities:...
- Sumner Township, MinnesotaSumner Township, MinnesotaSumner Township is a township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 436 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 37.5 square miles , all of it land.-Demographics:At the 2000 census, there were 436...
- Fort Sumner, New MexicoFort Sumner, New MexicoFort Sumner is a village in De Baca County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,249 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of De Baca County...
- Lake Sumner, New MexicoLake Sumner, New MexicoLake Sumner is a census-designated place in De Baca County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 86 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lake Sumner is located at ....
- Sumner Elementary SchoolSumner Elementary SchoolThe Sumner Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas was involved in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954. Linda Brown attempted to enroll in the Sumner School, which was closer to her house than the all black Monroe School to which she was attending. Her enrollment was rejected by the...
, in Topeka, Kansas - The Sumner TunnelSumner TunnelThe Sumner Tunnel is a road tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It carries traffic under Boston Harbor in one direction, from Logan International Airport and Route 1A in East Boston. The tunnel originally deposited traffic at the west side of the North End but with the completion of the Big Dig,...
, a vehicular tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts
Other
- Sumner (crater)Sumner (crater)Sumner is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon, beyond the northeastern limb. It is southwest of the larger crater Szilard, and southeast of the twin walled plains Fabry and Harkhebi....
, a crater on the moon - The Sumner method, a way of finding a ship's location at sea; William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) calculated a set of tables for its ready application
- SS Charles Sumner, a World War II Liberty ship
- USS SumnerUSS SumnerSumner has been the name of four ships in the United States Navy. The destroyers, DD-333 and DD-692, were named after World War I Marine Corps Captain Allen Melancthon Sumner...
, multiple ships - Viscount Sumner, a title in the British peerage