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[[File:Face detail, Maynard Owen Williams at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D. C., from- Planning motor car expedition across Asia 1930 (cropped).jpg|thumb|{{center|Maynard Owen Williams, 1930}}]]
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'''Maynard Owen Williams''' (September 12, 1888 – June 1963) became the first [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] [[foreign correspondent]] in 1919. Over the course of his career, he explored [[Asia]] and witnessed the [[Russian Revolution of 1917|Russian Revolution]]. 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 [[United Kingdom|British]] protectorate.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JMDXmyxo5QkC&pg=PP155 Barbara Levine/Kirsten Jensen: ''Around the World: The Grand Tour in Photo Albums'', Hudson (NY): Princeton Architectural Press 2007, p. 155.]</ref>

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]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=VyXVJFMVmnEC&pg=PT180 Courtlandt D. B. Bryan: ''Das grosse National Geographic Buch: Ein Jahrhundert Abenteuer und Entdeckungen'', Munich: National Geographic Deutschland 2001, p. 180.]</ref>

In his own words a "camera-[[coolie]] and a [[roughneck]],"  Williams pioneered the field of [[travel photography]]. The Maynard Owen Williams Prize for [[creative nonfiction]] at [[Kalamazoo College]] is named in his memory.

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== Further reading ==
* A National Geographic article on [https://web.archive.org/web/20060303230215/http://www.nationalgeographic.pt/revista/0304/online_extra.asp Armenia, by Maynard Owen Williams]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050706050825/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/ At the tomb of Tutankhamen], by Maynard Owen Williams
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205950/http://eview1.com/?p=230 Maynard Owen Williams with video of the Asian Expedition], by eview1.com{{Dead link|date=July 2020}}

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