Austin Norman Palmer was an American penmanship educator and publisher who created The Palmer Method of Business Writing in the late 19th-century. The Palmer Method was first published as a series of articles in "The Western Penman", a journal about penmanship founded and edited by Palmer. It was later reprinted as a textbook and became widely distributed to schools across the country, especially Catholic schools. The Palmer Method was taught to millions of students and is quite possibly the most popular handwriting program ever taught in America. Palmer was an active penmanship instructor his entire life. He died in 1927 at the age of 67. Learn more about Austin Norman Palmer at Zanerian.com.