Austin Norman Palmer Austin Norman Palmer ( December 22 , 1860 — November 16 , 1927 ) innovated the field of penmanship with the development of the Palmer method of script . External links Biographical Information The Golden Age of American Penmanship , including scans of the January 1932 issue of Palmer 's American Penman This United States biographical article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : 1860 births | 1927 deaths | American people stubs 