Saturday, July 13, 1929 



WILt/IAMS — At CarabrtdBe., Doc. » 19, at his 

 homo. 8 Lowell street, Emllo Francis "Wil- 

 liams, beloved husljand of Blancho E. Wil- 

 liams, in his 72d year. Funeral Bervices at 

 Applcton Chapel, Carabridtce, on Saturday. 

 Doc. 21, at 2.30 P. M. Relatives and trlmuta 

 are invited. It la reaueated that -no flowora 

 be sent. 



Deaths 



Emile F. Williams, Rug 



Importer and Botanist 



Bmlle rrancls Williams, well-known 

 Boston rug Importer and nationally rec- 

 ognized as an authority on botany, died 

 Thursday after a three-weelv.s' illness at 

 Ilia home, 8 Lowell street, Cambridge. Mr. 

 Williams who, besides assisting In estab- 

 lishing the rus firm Arthur Williams, Jr., 

 & Company, al.so found time to raako 

 liimseU .1 real botanist as evidenced by 

 liis grift in 1919 to Harvard University of 

 a collection numbering 17,000 sheets of 

 New England flowers. 



Born In Boston, Jan. 11, 1858, Mr. 

 Willlujiis spent his early youth in France 

 iind IIP to the age or fifteen years he 

 liad been educated in Collego Ciiapel in 

 I'ai-is. lie was the son of Frmcis Stan- 

 ton Williams and Blanche Henry. He 

 ■ame Ixiclc to Boston and. after siiendlng 

 a, year studying English, entered the 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 

 from which he was graduated as a Olvil 

 engineer In 1S78. . 



