Background
Williams, Albert Rhys was born on September 28, 1883 in Greenwich, Ohio, United States. Son of Review David Thomas and Esther (Rees) Williams.
Williams, Albert Rhys was born on September 28, 1883 in Greenwich, Ohio, United States. Son of Review David Thomas and Esther (Rees) Williams.
Bachelor of Arts, Marietta (O.) College, 1904. Bachelor of Divinity, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1907. Fellow Cambridge U., England, and Marburg U., Germany, 1908.
1 son, Rhys. Minister and director Maverick Church and Forum, Boston, Massachusetts, 1907-1914. Correspondent, The Outlook, 1914-1915. Chautauqua lecturer, 1916.
In Russia, 1917-1918. Assistant In Commissariat, Foreign Affairs, Soviet Government and prepared propaganda sent into Germany. Organized International Legion in Red Army.
Knew the Russian leaders from Lenin to Litvinoff. In Russia gathering material on Russian folk-life and customs, 1922-1928, also in 1930-1931, 1937-1938. Lecturer Cornell Univercity, 1943-1944.
Author: In the Claws of the German Eagle, 1917. Lenin, the Man and His Work. 1919; (pamphlet) 76 Questions and Answers.
Through the Russian Revolution, 1921. The Russian Land, 1928. The Soviets, 1937, (5th edit., 1947).
The Russians: The Land, The People and Why They Fight, 1943 (6th edit., 1945). Contributing editor The Survey Graphic. Now compiling general survey of folkways, religion, economy of all the Soviet peoples.
Home: 7 Chestnut St., Boston 02108.
Married Lucita Squier, 1924.