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Edward Christopher Williams
Edward Christopher Williams (February 11, 1871 – December 24, 1929)〔"Edward Christopher Williams." ''Notable Black American Men, Book II''. Ed. Jessie Carney Smith. Detroit: Gale, 1998. ''Biography In Context''. Web. 13 Oct. 2013.〕 was the first African-American professional librarian in the United States of America. His sudden death in 1929 ended his career the year he was expected to receive the first Ph.D. in librarianship. Williams was born on February 11, 1871, in Cleveland, Ohio, to an African-American father and an Irish mother. Upon his graduation with distinction from Adelbert College of Western Reserve University in 1892, he was appointed Assistant Librarian of Hatch Library at WRU. Two years later, he was promoted to librarian of Hatch Library until 1909, when he resigned to assume the responsibility of the Principal of M Street High School in Washington, D.C. He continued his career as University Librarian of Howard University until his death on December 24, 1929.〔Josey, E. J., & Shockley, A. A. (1977). Handbook of Black librarianship. Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited〕 Williams was rediscovered as a Harlem Renaissance author with the 2004 publication of his novel ''When Washington Was in Vogue'', the first epistolary novel by an African-American. In 1999, ''American Libraries'' named him one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century".〔Leonard Kniffel, Peggy Sullivan, Edith McCormick, "100 of the Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century," ''American Libraries'' 30, no. 11 (December 1999): 43.〕
==Life==
Edward Williams was born in Cleveland, Ohio,〔 the only son of Daniel P. Williams, a respected personality in Cleveland, and Mary Kilkary Williams, who was of Irish origin. Edward received his education in the public schools of Cleveland, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Adelbert College of Western Reserve University in 1892. As a distinguished student, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa fraternity.
Edward married Ethel Chesnutt, the daughter of the famous writer Charles Waddell Chesnutt, in 1902. They had one son, Charles Chesnutt Williams, who later became a lawyer, and died before completing a biography of his father.
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