Roger Kinney Warlick was born in San Diego, California on October 1, 1930. Following graduation from high school in 1948, Warlick served in the U. S. Air Force from 1951 to 1955. He received a B.A. in sociology/anthropology from Arizona State University in 1957, then attended Boston University, where he studied history with a concentration on early modern Europe. After graduating with a Ph.D. in 1965, Warlick became Assistant Professor at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts, and began his career teaching primarily Western civilization and European history courses. In 1970, Warlick moved to Savannah to take the position of Professor of History and Department Head at Armstrong State College (now Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus. In 1987, Warlick published As Grain Once Scattered: A 250th Anniversary History of Christ Church. Warlick retired in 1994, although he continued to be active in various local organizations until his death on November 28, 1998. He is buried in Greenwich Cemetery in Savannah.