Langdon Warner

• American

Langdon Warner, an American archaeologist, art historian, and Monuments Man, built his reputation as a pioneering specialist in East Asian art whose fieldwork, scholarship, and globe-spanning expeditions helped shape American understanding of Asian antiquities. His academic success and adventurous career have long invited comparisons to the fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones. A member of the American gentry, Warner descended from Roger Sherman — signer of the Declaration of Independence — and was related to a number of national leaders, including Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D Roosevelt, linking his scholarly pursuits to one of the country's most storied political lineages. - AsNotedIn

Lineage

• Mother Margaret Storer Warner