内容简介
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作者简介
EdwardChristopherWilliamswasborninCleveland,Ohio,in1871.HewasschooledatWesternReserveUniversity,wherehewasPhiBetaKappaandvaledictorian,andattheNewYorkStateLibrarySchool.WilliamsisdocumentedasthefirstBlackAmericantograduatefromalibraryschool.Hewasanotablescholar,abrilliantteacher,andapivotaldeveloperofeducationforlibrarians.HewasmarriedtoEthelChesnutt,thedaughterofCharlesW.Chesnutt,authoroftheseminalnovelTheHouseBehindtheCedars.WilliamsdiedofasuddenillnessinWashington,D.C.,in1929attheageoffifty-eight.