Individual Details
T. Harry Williams
(19 May 1909 - 6 Jul 1979)
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Thomas Harry Williams (May 19, 1909 – July 6, 1979)[ was an award-winning historian at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge whose career began in 1941 and extended for thirty-eight years until his death at the age of seventy. A popular faculty member, Williams is perhaps best known for his American Civil War study, Lincoln and His Generals, a "Book of the Month" selection from 1952, and his Huey Long, the definitive study of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., 1970 winner of both the National Book Award in History and Biography[and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. ]
Williams was born in Vinegar Hill Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, to William D. Williams and the former Emma Necollins. His father died when Williams was a small boy, and he was reared by an uncle and grandmother. He was educated in the schools of the village of Hazel Green, Wisconsin. He procured his bachelor of arts degree in 1931 from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville (then Platteville State College) in Platteville. He thereafter obtained his Master of Arts and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1932 and 1937. He first instructed history in the extension division of UW from 1936 to 1938. He then accepted a professorship at the University of Omaha in Nebraska from 1938 to 1941. Then Williams relocated to LSU, where he was anchored as Boyd Professor for the remainder of his career.
On December 26, 1952, Williams wed Estelle Skolfield (1908–1999) of Baton Rouge, an LSU English professor. Estelle had received a bachelor of science degree from LSU in business administration and a master's in English.
Williams died of pneumonia less than two months after his retirement from the LSU faculty. At the time of his death, he had already completed significant research and written two chapters of a pending biography of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Harry and Estelle Williams are interred at Roselawn Cemetery in Baton Rouge.
Thomas Harry Williams (May 19, 1909 – July 6, 1979)[ was an award-winning historian at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge whose career began in 1941 and extended for thirty-eight years until his death at the age of seventy. A popular faculty member, Williams is perhaps best known for his American Civil War study, Lincoln and His Generals, a "Book of the Month" selection from 1952, and his Huey Long, the definitive study of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., 1970 winner of both the National Book Award in History and Biography[and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. ]
Williams was born in Vinegar Hill Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, to William D. Williams and the former Emma Necollins. His father died when Williams was a small boy, and he was reared by an uncle and grandmother. He was educated in the schools of the village of Hazel Green, Wisconsin. He procured his bachelor of arts degree in 1931 from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville (then Platteville State College) in Platteville. He thereafter obtained his Master of Arts and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1932 and 1937. He first instructed history in the extension division of UW from 1936 to 1938. He then accepted a professorship at the University of Omaha in Nebraska from 1938 to 1941. Then Williams relocated to LSU, where he was anchored as Boyd Professor for the remainder of his career.
On December 26, 1952, Williams wed Estelle Skolfield (1908–1999) of Baton Rouge, an LSU English professor. Estelle had received a bachelor of science degree from LSU in business administration and a master's in English.
Williams died of pneumonia less than two months after his retirement from the LSU faculty. At the time of his death, he had already completed significant research and written two chapters of a pending biography of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Harry and Estelle Williams are interred at Roselawn Cemetery in Baton Rouge.
Events
| Birth | 19 May 1909 | Illinois | |||
| Marriage | 2 Sep 1937 | Dubuque, Iowa - Helen Margaret Jenson |  | ||
| Death | 6 Jul 1979 | Baton Rouge, Louisiaina | |||
| Divorce | Helen Margaret Jenson |
Families
| Spouse | Helen Margaret Jenson (1913 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Willis H. Miller, Hudson Area Biographical Index.