Background
Wagnalls, Adam Willis was born on September 24, 1843 in Lithopolis, Ohio, United States. Son of Christopher C. and Elizabeth (Schneider) Wagnalls.
Wagnalls, Adam Willis was born on September 24, 1843 in Lithopolis, Ohio, United States. Son of Christopher C. and Elizabeth (Schneider) Wagnalls.
Bachelor of Arts, Wittenberg College, 1866 (Doctor of Letters. Also Doctor of Laws, 1915).
Organizer, 1867, and pastor First English Lutheran Church, Kansas City, 1867-1869. City clerk, Atchison, Kansas, 1871-1873. In publishing business at New York, since 1876.
One of original founders and president Funk & Wagnalls Company. Principal work the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary, and The Literary Digest. Home: Summit, New Jersey.
Married Anna Willis, June 4, 1868.