Maynard Owen Williams
Maynard Owen Williams (September 12, 1888–June 1963) became the first National Geographic foreign correspondent in 1919. Over the course of his career, he explored Asia and witnessed the Russian Revolution.
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Maynard Owen Williams at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., while planning a motor car expedition across Asia (1930)
In his own words a "camera-coolie and a roughneck," Williams pioneered the field of travel photography. The Maynard Owen Williams Prize for creative nonfiction at Kalamazoo College is named in his memory.
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- A National Geographic article on Armenia, by Maynard Owen Williams
- At the tomb of Tutankhamen, by Maynard Owen Williams
- [fr] Maynard Owen Williams with video of the Asian Expedition, by eview1.com
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