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Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was killed in the French and Indian War in 1755. Notable alumni of the college are listed below.
John Lawson Stoddard (April 24, 1850 – June 5, 1931) was an American lecturer, author and photographer. [1] [2] He was a pioneer in the use of the stereopticon or magic lantern, adding photographs to his popular lectures about his travels around the world. [2]
Williams Ephs athletes (8 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Williams College alumni" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,008 total.
Nugent was born in New York. After he graduated from Williams College in 1975, he went to sea aboard freighters and canvas-fliers. He sailed solo across the Atlantic Ocean four times. His fifth crossing ended prematurely when the catamaran he was sailing capsized; he was rescued five days later.
The Society of Alumni of Williams College is the oldest existing alumni society of any academic institution in the United States. [151] The Society of Alumni was founded during the "Amherst crisis" in 1821, when Williams College President Zephaniah Swift Moore left Williams. Graduates of Williams formed the Society to ensure that Williams would ...
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He taught at Dartmouth College during the early 1810s and had a house built in Hanover, New Hampshire, that now serves as Dartmouth's Blunt Alumni Center. He served as the President of Williams College between 1815 and 1821 and the first President of Amherst College between 1821 and 1823. He is most famous for leaving Williams in order to found ...
Selden Rodman 1927 – prolific U.S. writer of poetry, plays and prose, political commentary, art criticism, Latin American and Caribbean history, biography and travel writing. [1] Adam Rome 1976 – American environmental historian who teaches environmental history and environmental non-fiction at the University at Buffalo. [1]