Edward Bruce Williamson

Edward Bruce Williamson (July 10, 1877 – February 28, 1933) was an American banker and amateur naturalist who took a special interest in the odonata.

Williamson was born in Marion, Indiana and grew up on a farm near Bluffton where he became interested in collecting birds eggs and observing nature as a boy.

In 1901 he worked as a zoology instructor alongside Clarence H. Kennedy at the University of Indiana, Winona Lake Field Station.

He published on odonate taxonomy from 1897, conducting his research in his spare time, sometimes with his cousin Jesse H. Williamson.

He also collaborated with other naturalists in the region including the amateur botanist Charles Clemon Deam who owned a drugstore at 103 South Main Street just beside Williamson's bank.

[3] A school teacher R. Heber Howe Jr. (1875–1932) became keenly involved in odonate studies after corresponding with Williamson.