John Henry Williams (economist)

John Henry Williams (June 21, 1887 – December 24, 1980) was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at Harvard University from 1921 to 1957.^[1] He was later appointed dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration at Harvard, and also served as Nathaniel Ropes Professor.^[2][3] He was an elected member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.^[4][5] In 1951, he was president of the American Economic Association.^[6] The John H. Williams Prize was established at Harvard in 1958.^[7]