birth_date: 1922-12-19 00:00:00
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name: Harry Warner Jr.
about: Harry Backer Warner Jr. was an American journalist who spent 40 years working for the Hagerstown, Maryland, Herald-Mail. He was also an important science fiction fan and historian of fandom and Washington County, Maryland, as well as a classical musician.Warner was born in 1922 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Due to poor health, he dropped out of Hagerstown High School by the 10th grade. Despite his lack of formal education, he was a well-read and learned man, an autodidact who taught himself seven languages. During World War II, he translated letters from overseas to families of American soldiers. Warner never married. On his death, he left most of his possessions to a Hagerstown Lutheran church.
death_date: 2003-02-17 00:00:00