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Sumner

Sumner has several possible meanings in the English language.

Sumner is the surname or last name of the following people:

Gordon Sumner, best known as Sting, musician and former lead singer of The Police
John Bird Sumner, an Archbishop of Canterbury from 1848 to 1862
Bishop Charles Sumner[?], younger brother of John Bird Sumner.
Sociologist William Graham Sumner[?] who proposed the concepts Diffusion Folkways and Ethnocentrism.
Musician Bernard Sumner[?], member of the band New Order
Biochemist James Sumner[?], who showed that the urease enzyme is a protein in 1926
James Batcheller Sumner[?], joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946
United States History records that a Charles Sumner[?] was caned by Preston Brooks[?] in 1856

Sumner is also the christian name or first name of the following people:

Sumner Paine[?], 1896 Olympic shooting gold and silver medalist.
Sumner Chilton Powell[?], winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1964
Sumner Crane[?], Vocalist who formed the band Mars

Sumner is the place name, or part of the place name, of various places in the world, including:

In the United States of America:
In New Zealand:
- Sumner, New Zealand, a seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand
- Lake Sumner, New Zealand[?]

The Sumner method[?] is a way of finding a ship's place at sea, and William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) calculated a set of tables for its ready application.

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