1. Talcott Williams was an American journalist, author and educator.
21 Facts About Talcott Williams
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In 1912, Talcott Williams became the first director of the newly founded Columbia School of Journalism at Columbia University, built and endowed by Joseph Pulitzer.
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Talcott Williams was a member of the American Philosophical Society and served with the National Security League, advocating for the promotion of "useful knowledge," by serving on the Committee for Organized Education.
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Talcott Williams served as president of the American Conference of Teachers of Journalism, and was the recipient of numerous honorary doctorates from institutions including the University of Pennsylvania and Brown College.
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Talcott Williams was born at Abeih, Ottoman Turkey, the son of William Frederick, and Sarah Amelia Talcott Williams, Congregational Missionaries with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
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Talcott Williams came to New York at the age of 15, and enrolled in 1866 at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, graduating in 1869.
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Talcott Williams studied at Amherst College and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi; he graduated in 1873.
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Talcott Williams began his career in journalism, as a reporter for the New York World and as a correspondent for the New York Sun, joining in 1876.
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Talcott Williams married in 1879, his distant cousin, Sophia Wells Royce.
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Talcott Williams spent three decades with the news organization, finishing his career as the associate editor in 1912.
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In 1912, Talcott Williams left The Philadelphia Press to become the first director of the newly founded Columbia School of Journalism, built and endowed by Joseph Pulitzer.
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Talcott Williams understood, and wrote about the influence that the press had in regards to public opinion.
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Talcott Williams promoted the idea that a good journalist required a strong academic background.
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Talcott Williams led the first journalism jury, in awarding the first Pulitzer Prizes in 1917.
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Talcott Williams was a trustee of Amherst College and the Constantinople College for Women from 1909 to 1919.
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Talcott Williams was the recipient of numerous honorary doctorates from institutions including the University of Pennsylvania and Brown College.
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Talcott Williams was a member of the American Oriental Society and the American Philosophical Society; he served with the National Security League, and on the Committee for Organized Education; he was a member of Economic Club of New York, and was one of the featured speakers on the topic of The Regulation of Competition Versus The Regulation of Monopoly, November 1,1912.
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In 1917, Talcott Williams wrote an editorial, published in The New York Sun as part of the American Rights League, in an effort to convince the public and the American government to join the war against Germany.
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Talcott Williams published two books related to historical artifacts in Morocco and China.
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Talcott Williams was a good friend of artist Thomas Eakins, as well as other notable figures such as Walt Whitman, Horace Howard Furness, Robert Vonnoh, and Cecilia Beaux.
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One notable full-length portrait of Mrs Talcott Williams remained unfinished, The Black Fan, because she refused to continue posing for it; the portrait was still exhibited, to wide acclaim.