Henry Shaler Williams was an American academic and paleontologist. He was a professor at Cornell University and Yale University. Williams is credited with naming the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sub-periods. He was a founder the Geological Society of America and Sigma Xi honor society.
- Occupation
- geologist, university teacher, paleontologist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 6, 1847
- Died
- July 31, 1918, July 30, 1918
