George G. Williams

George G. Williams (1 May 1902 - 1 December 2000) was professor emeritus of English and creative writing at Rice University. In 1996 he was named as a Rice distinguished alumnus.

Williams graduated from the Rice Institute with a BA in 1923 and subsequently completed his master's degree at the same institution. After an interlude teaching at New York University he returned to Rice, where he spent the rest of his career.

Williams also wrote for academic journals on his hobby of ornithology and was one of the founders of the Houston Museum of Natural Science for which he was the first president from 1948 to 1950.

Selected publications Creative Writing for Advanced College Classes, 1935. The Blind Bull, 1952. British Poems of the 19th Century, 1957. Geological Factors in the Distribution of American Birds: Evolutionary Aspects of Migration. University of California Press, 1958. Some of My Best Friends are Professors, 1958. A New View of Chaucer, 1965. Guide to Literary London, Batsford, London, 1973. (assisted by Marian and Geoffrey Williams)