William Warder Norton (September 17, 1891 – November 7, 1945) was a publisher and co-founder of
W. W. Norton & Company. He grew up in
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
, moved to
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
and started an import-export business, met and married
Margaret Dows Herter
Margaret Dows Herter Norton Crena de longh (née Herter; 1894–1985), known as Mary D. Herter Norton when she co-founded W. W. Norton & Company with her first husband, William Warder Norton, was an American publisher, violinist, and translator. S ...
, known as Polly or Mary. In 1923, they began publishing lectures delivered at the
People's Institute The People's Institute refers to organizations set up in different localities:
* People's Institute, Manchester
* People's Institute, New York
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