Chauncey Pratt Williams
Chauncey Pratt Williams (December 6, 1860 – December 25, 1936) was an American historian, banker, and soldier.[1]
Williams graduated from Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University, where he was a member of the varsity crew, and the Albany Law School.[1] He was president of the Albany Exchange Bank and, from 1909 to 1917, served as adjutant-general of the New York National Guard.[1][2] Williams wrote extensively on the history of the American West, including biographies of the trappers Antoine Robidoux and Bill Williams; United States Senator Philip Schuyler; and frontiersmen John Hoback and John Coulter.[3] His works on this subject are held at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.[3]
In 1886 he married Emma McClure.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Downs, Winfield (1934). Encyclopedia of American Biography: New Series, Volume 9. American Historical Society. pp. 104–106.
- ^ Bender, Matthew (1993). Albany Architecture: A Guide to the City. Mount Ida Press. p. 128. ISBN 0962536814.
- ^ a b "Guide to the Chauncey Pratt Williams Writings on the American West". yale.edu. Yale University. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
External links[edit]
Chauncey Pratt Williams Writings on the American West. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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