Background
Williams, Maynard Owen was born on September 12, 1888 in Havana (now Montour Falls), New York, United States. Son of George Abner and Florence Elizabeth (Owen) Williams.
Williams, Maynard Owen was born on September 12, 1888 in Havana (now Montour Falls), New York, United States. Son of George Abner and Florence Elizabeth (Owen) Williams.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Kalamazoo College, 1910. Bachelor of Philosophy Chicago, 1910. Bachelor of Letters, Pulitzer School of Journalism (Columbia University), 1916.
Doctor of Letters, Kalamazoo College, 1930.
Instructor public schools, Battle Creek, 1910-1911, Syrian Protestant College, Beirut (now American University), 1911-1914. Instructor, physical director Wayland Academy, Hangchow, China, 1914-1915. Special correspondent Kalamazoo Gazette and various American periodicals, 1913-1919, also correspondent Christian Herald, New York, in Japan, China, Philippines, Siberia, Russia and Armenia, 1916-1918.
In sole charge of relief work in Van, Turkey, 1917-1918.
On editorial staff National Geography Magazine, lecturer American Export Lincolnshire. Producing and editing 1919-1953, staff correspondent, 1922-1953, chief foreign editorial staff, 1930-1953, 2100 pages articles, pictures.
Cruise Geografilms for American Geography Society Commissioned First lieutenant Military Intelligence Division, General Staff, United States Army, 1918, and detailed as assistant to American Military attache at Peking, China. Honorary discharged, 1919.
Special correspondent MacMillan-National Geography Society Arctic Expedition, 1925.
Representative National Geography Society on Citroën-Haardt Transport-Asia Expedition, 1931-1932. Representative National Geography Society on Salmon River Survey, 1935. On National Geography Society-Smithsonian Institution East Indies Expedition, 1937.
Traveled in Argentina, Greece, Libia, India, Afghanistan, 1939-1943, war correspondent, Middle East 1944-1945, Europe 1946-1947.
On National Geography Society Eclipse Expedition to China, of Korea, Japan, 1948. In Greece, Turkey, Middle East, 1950.
Trustee of Kalamazoo College, Michigan.
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Fellow Royal Geography Society England, American Geography Society. Clubs: Overseas Writers, Explorers.
Married Martha Daisy Woods, October 9, 1918. Children: George Woods, Ruth Owen, Owen Wingate, Mary Elizabeth, Charles (Richmond) Henderson.