John Woolfenden Williamson

John Woolfenden Williamson (1869–1950) was a British writer about industrial networks in the first half of the 20th century.

Williamson was unable to complete a medical degree at the University of Edinburgh due to financial difficulties and became a teacher. He later obtained a B.Sc. degree from the Royal College of Science, and was called to the bar as a member of Gray's Inn in 1922. He wrote a number of papers on the interrelationship between law and science.

In 1920 he married the research botanist Helen Lee (née Chambers), who died in 1934. A British Railway Behind the Scenes: A Study in the Science of Industry (E. Benn, 1933) Railways To-day (Oxford University Press, 1946)