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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…

Williams, Venus Ebone Starr

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Venus Ebone Starr, 1980–, b. Lynwood, Calif., and Serena Jameka Williams, 1981–, b. Saginaw, Mich., African-American tennis players. Coached by their father, Richard, both…

Williams, William, American painter

(Encyclopedia) Williams, William, c.1710–c.1790, American painter, b. England. He probably led a seafaring life before settling (c.1747) in Philadelphia, where he was Benjamin West's first instructor…

Williams, William, American political leader

(Encyclopedia) Williams, William, 1731–1811, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Lebanon, Conn. He served in the French and Indian War and held…

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…

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…

WILLIAMS, William, Congress, IN (1821-1896)

WILLIAMS, William, a Representative from Indiana; born near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., May 11, 1821; attended the common schools and received a very limited education; studied law; was…

William Mow

clothing entrepreneurBorn: 1937Birthplace: Hangchow, China Mow's family came to the United States when he was a boy. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1959 and earned a Ph.D.…

Dar Williams

singer, songwriterBorn: 1967Birthplace: Mount Kisco, NY Dar Williams kicked off her performance career with a role in her high school's production of Godspell, and as a teenager considered herself…