William Corless Mills Explained

William Corless Mills (January 2, 1860 - January 17, 1928) was an American museum curator.

Mills was born in Pyrmont, Ohio.

Mills specialized in Native American remains, leading excavations in Adena Mound, Ohio (1901)

Mills was the fourth curator and librarian of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society (1898–1928), following Lucy Allen Smart. 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 (now the American Alliance 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.

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