Background
Warman, Philip Creveling was born on July 27, 1859 in on farm, Warren County, New Jersey, United States. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Creveling) Warman.
Warman, Philip Creveling was born on July 27, 1859 in on farm, Warren County, New Jersey, United States. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Creveling) Warman.
Educated Public school, Broadway, New Jersey, and Centenary Collegiate Institute, Hackettstown, New Jersey. Graduate School of Law, Georgetown University, 1880. Master of Laws, School of Law, Columbian University, 1881.
Teacher in public schools, Warren County, New Jersey, 1875-1878. Local editor The Washington Star, Washington, New Jersey, 1878. Read law in office of Oscar Jeffery, Washington, New Jersey, 1878-1879.
Secretary to Major Johann Wolfgang Powell, director United States Geological Survey, 1882-1894, and most of same period also associate with J. C. Pilling in bibliographic work on Indian languages for bureau of Ethnology.
Editor United States Geological Survey, since 1894. Author of Bulls. United States Geological Survey, Northern 100 (1893), Northern 177 (1901), Northern 215 (1903).
Married Mary Elizabeth Rymond, December 29, 1880.