Researching Blanche Williams
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 215128 people with the Williams surname? In that year Williams was ranked number 3 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Blanche means "White" and is of French origin.
Records of Blanche Williams on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Blanche Williams and the Williams Genealogy
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Williams Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Blanche Williams
Blanche Colton Williams
Blanche Colton Williams (1879 – August 9, 1944) was an American author, editor, professor of English literature, and head of the English department at Hunter College.
Williams graduated from the Industrial Institute and College (now the Mississippi University for Women) in Columbus, Mississippi in 1898. She taught English at Stanton College in Natchez, Mississippi and at Grenada College in Grenada, Mississippi, becoming department head before her departure for New York City in 1907. Williams earned a master's degree from Columbia University in 1908 and a doctorate in 1913. She was hired as an instructor at Hunter College in 1910 as well.
Williams was the first editor of the O. Henry Prize Stories, serving in that position from 1918 to 1932. In 1924, Williams served as one of the judges of the first Opportunity story contest. She was promoted to full professor and head of the English department at Hunter College in 1926. She retired from her position at Hunter College in 1939 in order to travel and write.
Blanche Williams died on August 9, 1944, in Jackson, Mississippi.
Hunter College awards a graduate fellowship named for Williams. The Mississippi University for Women library houses her collection of George Eliot first editions as well as copies of Williams's own books.
Source: Blanche Colton Williams, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBlanche Wheeler Williams
Blanche Wheeler Williams (January 9, 1870 – December 9, 1936) was an archaeologist and teacher best known for her work in the Isthmus of Hierapetra and her discoveries at Gournia with colleague Harriet Boyd Hawes. She was trained at Smith College and worked as a teacher at her aunt's preparatory school until her Cretan archaeological digs in 1900 and 1901. Williams was married in 1904 and did not return to the field after contributing to a 1908 publication, though she wrote a biography of her aunt and helped with her husband's travel book.
Source: Blanche Wheeler Williams, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Williams
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