Kenneth P. Williams

Kenneth Powers Williams (August 25, 1887 in Urbana, Ohio – September 25, 1958) was a professor of mathematics at Indiana University, and a ROTC commander.
He is best known for his five volume book, Lincoln Finds a General, published from 1949~1957. Williams had intended to write seven books, but became ill and died just before Volume 5 was published. Volume 1 was reprinted by Indiana University Press, Volumes 3 and 4 were reprinted by University of Kansas Press as "Grant Rises in the West."
Williams married Mrs. Ellen (Laughlin) Scott on August 20, 1920.
The main-belt asteroid, 1763 Williams, was named in his honor.

• "The solutions of non-homogeneous linear difference equations and their asymptotic form". Trans. Amer. Soc. 14 (2): 209–240. 1913. doi:10.1090/s0002-9947-1913-1500945-5. MR 1500945. 
• "The asymptotic form of the function Ψ(x)". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 19 (9): 472–479. 1913. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1913-02400-5. MR 1559396. 
• "Note concerning the roots of an equation". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 28 (8): 394–396. 1922. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1922-03598-7. MR 1560593.