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Francis H. Williams

Physician

Centurion, 1900–1936

Full Name Francis Henry Williams

Born 18 April 1852 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts

Died 22 June 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts

Buried Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Proposed by Edmund L. Zalinski and Henry McM. Painter

Elected 5 May 1900 at age forty-eight

Century Memorial

In his treatment of disease, Francis H. Williams was one of the pioneers of the use of radium. His research work at Harvard Medical School and the Boston City Hospital, in the field of X-ray development, was of high value to his profession. Both home and foreign medical organizations had honored him.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1937 Century Association Yearbook