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Williams, William Sherley
(Encyclopedia)Williams, William Sherley, 1787–1849, American trader and trapper, known as Old Bill Williams, b. Rutherford co., N.C. Much of his early life was spent in Missouri, where he was a traveling preacher...Williams, Ted
(Encyclopedia)Williams, Ted (Theodore Samuel Williams), 1918–2002, American baseball player, b. San Diego, Calif. At the age of 17 he began playing professional ball with the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast...Williams, Ephraim
(Encyclopedia)Williams, Ephraim, 1715–55, American soldier, founder of Williams College, b. Newton, Mass. After several years as a sailor, he lived in Massachusetts and took part in defending the frontier against...Williams, Serena
(Encyclopedia)Williams, Serena: see Williams, Venus. ...Williams, Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain, Baroness Williams of Crosby
(Encyclopedia)Williams, Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain, Baroness Williams of Crosby 1930–, British politician. Daughter of the political scientist and philosopher Sir George Catlin and the novelist Vera Brittain,...Williams, Bill
(Encyclopedia)Williams, Bill: see Williams, William Sherley. ...Williams, Ralph Vaughan
(Encyclopedia)Williams, Ralph Vaughan: see Vaughan Williams, Ralph. ...Garfield, Harry Augustus
(Encyclopedia)Garfield, Harry Augustus, 1863–1942, American educator, b. Hiram, Ohio, grad. Williams 1885, studied law at Columbia; son of President James A. Garfield. From 1888 to 1903 he practiced law in Clevel...Williams, Robert R., Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Williams, Robert R., Jr., 1886–1965, American chemist, b. India, grad. Univ. of Chicago (B.S., 1907); brother of Roger John Williams. Research undertaken in 1910, while he was chemist (1908–15) at...Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr., 1868–1953, American art critic and teacher, b. Deep River, Conn., grad. Williams, 1889, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1892. He taught (1893–1900) at Williams and was professor (1...Browse by Subject
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