William Corless Mills

Who was William Corless Mills?

William Corless Mills was a US museum curator.

Mills was born in Pyrmont, Ohio.

Mills specialized in Native American remains, leading excavations in Adena Mound, Ohio

Mills was the second curator and librarian of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, following Warren K. Moorehead. He also was

member of the American Ornithological Union

member and librarian of the Ohio Academy of Science

member and president of the Wheaton Ornithological Society

member and treasurer of the Columbus Horticultural Society

charter member of the American Association of Museums

member of the Columbus Iris Society

member of the National Research Council of Archaeology

fellow of the American Ethnological Society

fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

fellow of the American Anthropological Society

assistant editor of the Ohio Naturalist

lecturer in Sociology in the College of Commerce and Administration of the Ohio State University

Mills died in Columbus, Ohio.