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.
degree from the Royal College of Science, and was called to the bar as a member of Gray's Inn in 1922.
In 1929 he contested the general election as Liberal Party candidate for Dartford, coming third polling 18%.
[2] In 1927 Lord Cadman, Chairman of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, invited him to visit the Abadan Refinery to study the industrial development underway there.