John Whitridge Williams

John Whitridge Williams (January 26, 1866 – October 21, 1931) was a pioneering obstetrician at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Williams was also an acclaimed author, as he was able to contribute 137 publications regarding his findings.

Early life John Whitridge Williams was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 26, 1866.

He received his A.B. from the Johns Hopkins University in 1886. He received his M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1888. He then studied bacteriology and pathology at universities in Berlin, Vienna, Leipzig, Prague and Paris from 1888 to 1895. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Pittsburgh in 1915. He later returned to Heidelberg for a year of research and visited Trinity College Dublin in 1912.

He died on October 21, 1931, at Johns Hopkins Hospital from complications following an abdominal surgery performed by his colleague J. M. T. Finney.