Palmer Method Palmer Method The Palmer Method of penmanship instruction was developed and promoted by Austin Palmer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was largely created as a simplified style of the "Spencerian Method", which had been the major standardized system of handwriting since the 1840s. The Palmer Method soon became the most popular handwriting system in the United States. Under the method, students were taught to adopt a uniform system of cursive writing with rhythmic motions. The method developed around 1888 and was introduced in the book "Palmer's Guide to Business Writing" (1894). Palmer's method involved "muscle motion"
Raymond A. Palmer identity of DC Comics superhero the Atom – introduced by science fiction writer Gardner Fox in 1961 – is named after Palmer. A newer edition of "Oahspe" as a tribute edition to Ray Palmer was published in 2009 titled "Oahspe - Raymond A. Palmer Tribute Edition". In September 2013, Palmer was posthumously named to the First Fandom Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the 71st World Science Fiction Convention. In 2013, Tarcher/Penguin published a biography of Palmer called "The Man From Mars" and written by Fred Nadis. Palmer is also the subject of Richard Toronto's 2013 book, "War over