Maynard Owen Williams Quotes

Maynard Owen Williams was a National Geographic correspondent from 1919. He was an inveterate traveller who began travelling in his teens, explored Asia and witnessed the Russian Revolution, among other adventures.

In his own words a "camera-coolie and a roughneck", Williams was the Geographic's first foreign correspondent, and his reports include a description of the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1923. Maynard Williams was also an excellent photographer, and pioneered travel photography. The Maynard Owen Williams Prize for creative nonfiction at Kalamazoo College is named in his memory. Wikipedia

✵ 12. September 1888 – 1963

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Famous Maynard Owen Williams Quotes

“The uniform of polish uhlan makes even the youngest, inexperienced boy looks like he's made from steel.”

Maynard Owen Williams

National Geographic, august 1926

“Never grieve for me if it is my good fortune to die with my boots on. That's what I most hope for.”

Maynard Owen Williams

in a letter to Gilbert Grosvenor, editor of the National Geographic (1948)

“There is drama in the very air of the place, and I want to be there recording it for the Geographic.”

Maynard Owen Williams

At the Tomb of Tutankhamen http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt (1923)

“It is costing much money here, a thing I regret. But you will get your money's worth. My legs curse you. But my heart says 'Thank you.”

Maynard Owen Williams

from a letter to John Oliver la Gorce, the Geographic's assistant editor (1923)

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