Researching Edwin 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 Edwin means "Prosperous friend" and is of English origin.
Records of Edwin Williams on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Edwin Williams and the Williams Family Tree
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Some Famous People called Edwin Williams
Edwin Williams (footballer)
Edwin H. Williams (born 1868) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 2 matches. He played his first match on 13 March 1893 against England and his last match on 18 March 1893 against Scotland. At club level, he played for Saltney Victoria (1887/88), Over Wanderers (1888/89), Chester (1889/90) and Crewe Alexandra (1889-1893). He also turned out for Nantwich (1892/93), later becoming the local reporter for 'The Nantwich Chronicle' for over half a century.
Source: Edwin Williams (footballer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Edwin Ross Williams
Edwin Ross Williams (born 1942) is a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He received a B.A. from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1964, an M.S. in physics from University of Colorado Boulder in 1966, and a Ph.D. from Wesleyan University in 1970.
Williams was awarded the status of fellow in the American Physical Society in 1994, after being nominated by the Topical Group on Instrument and Measurement Science for "excellence in measurement research leading to an upper limit or the rest mass of the photon and precision determination of the gyromagnetic ratio of the proton and of the fine-structure constant, and for leadership in highly accurate realizations of the base electrical units, the ampere, volt, ohm, and farad."
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