

George Huntington Williams
- Category : Science-Geology
- Type : GE
- Profile : 1/3 - Investigating / Martyr
- Definition : Triple Split
- Incarnation Cross : RAX The Four Ways 4
Biography
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.