Maynard Owen Williams

Maynard Owen Williams (September 12, 1888 – June 1963) became the first National Geographic foreign correspondent in 1919.

He died in Antalya, Turkey, and was buried in the Feriköy Protestant Cemetery located in Istanbul.

In 1923, he witnessed the public opening of King Tut's Tomb in the Kingdom of Egypt, then a British protectorate.

[1] In 1931, he participated in the Croisière Jaune (Yellow Expedition) of Georges-Marie Haardt for the Citroën company and travelled to Afghanistan and British India.

The Maynard Owen Williams Prize for creative nonfiction at Kalamazoo College is named in his memory.