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'''Robert Wood Williamson'''
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RAI Council 1911 Member<br />RAI Council 1912-13 Member<br />RAI Council 1913 Hon. Treasurer<br />RAI Council 1914 Hon. Treasurer<br />RAI Council 1915 Hon. Treasurer<br />RAI Council 1916 Hon. Treasurer<br />RAI Council 1917 Hon. Treasurer<br />RAI Council 1918 Hon. Treasurer<br />RAI Council 1919 Hon. Treasurer<br />RAI Council 1920 Hon. Treasurer<br />RAI Council 1921 Hon. Treasurer<br />RAI Council 1922 Member<br />RAI Council 1923 Member<br />RAI Council 1924 Member<br />RAI Council 1925 Vice President<br />RAI Council 1926 Vice President<br />RAI Council 1927 Vice President<br />RAI Council 1928 Member<br />RAI Council 1929 Member<br />RAI Council 1930-31 Member
=== House Notes ===
1909.11.30 proposed by J. Edge-Partington, seconded by T.A. Joyce<br />1932.01.26 Council recorded its deep regret at the death of Mr R.W. Williamson, who for many years and through the difficult period of the Great War had acted as Hon. Treasurer of the Institute, and the President was requested to send a letter of condolence to Mrs Williamson.<br />death noted in Report of the Council 1931-1932<br />Obit in Man, Vol. 32 (May, 1932), pp. 125-126
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
Robert Wood Williamson (1856 - 12 January 1932) was a British solicitor and anthropologist<br />Robert Wood Williamson was born in Manchester in 1856, the son of Prof. William Crawford Williamson of Owens College. He was educated at private schools and Owens College before studying law at Clement's Inn, where he was prizeman in his law final examinations in 1877.[2]<br />From 1879 to 1908 he worked as a Manchester solicitor. In 1882 he married Emily Williamson, co-founder of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.[1] He was president of Manchester Law Society, and a Member of the Council of the London Law Society in 1902. From 1903 to 1910 he was a member of the Court of Governors of Victoria University of Manchester.[2]<br />Turning to anthropology at the age of 54,[1] Williamson travelled in the Solomon Islands and took part in an anthropological expedition into the interior of British New Guinea in 1910. He was Honorary Treasurer of the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) from 1912 to 1921, Member of Council for the RAI from 1922 to 1924, Vice-President from 1925 to 1927, and again a Member of Council from 1928 to 1931.<br />He died at his home near Godalming on 12 January 1932<br />