George Huntington Williams was born in Utica, New York, on January 28th, 1856. He was the eldest son of Robert Stanton and Abigail (Doolittle) Williams, whose ancestry was of the sturdy Puritan type, the great-grand-parents of both having
emigrated from New England toward the close of the last century. His paternal ancestors were for two generations successful tanners, and his grandfather was a well known printer and publisher, a prominent man of affairs, and a colonel
in the War of 1812. His father is to-day an influential man
in many of the greater enterprises in the commercial life of his native city. One of his uncles was the eminent author and Chinese lexicographer, Dr. S. Wells Williams, who by long residence at Pekin, a portion of the time as representative of
our government, attained a position of distinction and influence, and who, after his return to America, became Professor in Yale University. Another uncle, the Rev. F. W. Williams, was a missionary to Syria, and was one of the first to make explora-
tions upon the site of ancient Nineveh.
American mineralogist and petrologist. Williams received his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg (1882) where he studied with the renowned teacher of microscopic petrography, Heinrich Rosenbush. Williams was a professor of Geology at The Johns Hopkins University from 1882 to 1894. He pioneered the instruction of petrography in American universities, coining the terms "poikilitic" and "websterite." He died on 12 July 1894 in Utica after contracting typhoid fever during a field trip.
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Death by Disease 12 July 1894 (Typhoid fever)
emigrated from New England toward the close of the last century. His paternal ancestors were for two generations successful tanners, and his grandfather was a well known printer and publisher, a prominent man of affairs, and a colonel
in the War of 1812. His father is to-day an influential man
in many of the greater enterprises in the commercial life of his native city. One of his uncles was the eminent author and Chinese lexicographer, Dr. S. Wells Williams, who by long residence at Pekin, a portion of the time as representative of
our government, attained a position of distinction and influence, and who, after his return to America, became Professor in Yale University. Another uncle, the Rev. F. W. Williams, was a missionary to Syria, and was one of the first to make explora-
tions upon the site of ancient Nineveh.
American mineralogist and petrologist. Williams received his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg (1882) where he studied with the renowned teacher of microscopic petrography, Heinrich Rosenbush. Williams was a professor of Geology at The Johns Hopkins University from 1882 to 1894. He pioneered the instruction of petrography in American universities, coining the terms "poikilitic" and "websterite." He died on 12 July 1894 in Utica after contracting typhoid fever during a field trip.
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Death by Disease 12 July 1894 (Typhoid fever)
George Huntington Williams was born in Utica, New York, on January 28th, 1856. He was the eldest son of Robert Stanton and Abigail (Doolittle) Williams, whose ancestry was of the sturdy Puritan type, the great-grand-parents of both having
emigrated from New England toward the close of the last century. His paternal ancestors were for two generations successful tanners, and his grandfather was a well known printer and publisher, a prominent man of affairs, and a colonel
in the War of 1812. His father is to-day an influential man
in many of the greater enterprises in the commercial life of his native city. One of his uncles was the eminent author and Chinese lexicographer, Dr. S. Wells Williams, who by long residence at Pekin, a portion of the time as representative of
our government, attained a position of distinction and influence, and who, after his return to America, became Professor in Yale University. Another uncle, the Rev. F. W. Williams, was a missionary to Syria, and was one of the first to make explora-
tions upon the site of ancient Nineveh.
American mineralogist and petrologist. Williams received his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg (1882) where he studied with the renowned teacher of microscopic petrography, Heinrich Rosenbush. Williams was a professor of Geology at The Johns Hopkins University from 1882 to 1894. He pioneered the instruction of petrography in American universities, coining the terms "poikilitic" and "websterite." He died on 12 July 1894 in Utica after contracting typhoid fever during a field trip.
Events
Death by Disease 12 July 1894 (Typhoid fever)
emigrated from New England toward the close of the last century. His paternal ancestors were for two generations successful tanners, and his grandfather was a well known printer and publisher, a prominent man of affairs, and a colonel
in the War of 1812. His father is to-day an influential man
in many of the greater enterprises in the commercial life of his native city. One of his uncles was the eminent author and Chinese lexicographer, Dr. S. Wells Williams, who by long residence at Pekin, a portion of the time as representative of
our government, attained a position of distinction and influence, and who, after his return to America, became Professor in Yale University. Another uncle, the Rev. F. W. Williams, was a missionary to Syria, and was one of the first to make explora-
tions upon the site of ancient Nineveh.
American mineralogist and petrologist. Williams received his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg (1882) where he studied with the renowned teacher of microscopic petrography, Heinrich Rosenbush. Williams was a professor of Geology at The Johns Hopkins University from 1882 to 1894. He pioneered the instruction of petrography in American universities, coining the terms "poikilitic" and "websterite." He died on 12 July 1894 in Utica after contracting typhoid fever during a field trip.
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Death by Disease 12 July 1894 (Typhoid fever)
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