Famous People with Name Vernor

Vernor Steffen Vinge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vernor Steffen Vinge: is a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author.Vinge published his first short story, "Bookworm, Run!", in the March 1966 issue of Analog Science Fiction, then edited by John W. Campbell

Vernor Winfield Smith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vernor Winfield Smith: was a politician in Alberta, Canada who served as the province's Minister of Railways and Telephones from 1921 until 1932. Born in 1864 in Prince Edward Island, he moved to British Columbia in 1883 where he worked for several railway companies as an accountant. In 1915 he moved to Camrose, Alberta to become a farmer. The same year, he married Lily Bury, with whom he would have five children.

James Vernor, Sr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Vernor, Sr.: was an American pharmacist and druggist who invented Vernor's ginger ale in 1866.Prior to his term in the war, Vernor had mixed together a ginger ale recipe that he let age in a cask. When he returned to the pharmacy years later, his recipe had created a new ginger ale soda drink. Vernor opened his own pharmacy on Woodward Avenue and made the drink available to customers through his soda fountain, advertising it as Vernor's Ginger Ale.In 1896 Vernor and his son, James Vernor, Jr., together organized a manufacturing plant and by 1915 had expanded operations to include a bottling company, which widely manufactured Vernor's Ginger Ale. In addition to his duties as a drug store pharmacist, Vernor also served on the Detroit City Council for 25 years.