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Line 1: {{Short description\|American historian, genealogist, and writer}} ~~{{Multiple issues\|~~ {{Infobox person ~~{{Dead end\|date=March 2017}}~~ \| name = William Richard Cutter ~~{{Orphan\|date=March 2017}}~~ \| image = William Richard Cutter 1847-1918.jpg \| alt = A black-and-white portrait of a man wearing glasses, with "William R. Cutter" written below \| caption = \| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> \| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1847\|08\|17}} \| birth_place = [[Woburn, Massachusetts\|Woburn]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]] \| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1918\|06\|06\|1847\|08\|17}} \| death_place = Woburn, Massachusetts \| nationality = American \| other_names = \| alma_mater = [[Norwich University]] \| occupation = Historian, genealogist, writer \| years_active = \| known_for = \| notable_works = }} '''William Richard Cutter''' (August 17, 1847 -– June 6, 1918) was an American historian, librarian, genealogist, and writer. == Life == Born in [[Woburn, Massachusetts]], on August 17, 1847,<ref name="Society">{{cite book\|author=New England Historic Genealogical Society\|title=Proceedings of the New England Historic Genealogical Society\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SV4TAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PR27\|year=1918\|publisher=The Society\|page=xxvii}}</ref> he was the son of Dr. Benjamin Cutter and Mary Whittemore Cutter.<ref name="Society obit">{{cite book\|author=Edward Francis Johnson\|title=The New England Historical and Genealogical Register\|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FBNAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3\|year=1919\|publisher=The Society\|pages=3–6\|chapter=William Richard Cutter, A.M.}}</ref> He attended the Woburn Public School and the Warren Academy. He developed an interest in genealogy and history from his father, and was able to conduct further research while at [[Yale University]], building upon the genealogy of the Cutter family and historical documents begun by his father. He received his Master of Arts degree from [[Norwich University]].<ref name="Society" /> He was married to Mary Elizabeth Kimball and lived in [[Lexington, Massachusetts]]. They had a daughter, Sarah, who was born in 1873 and died in 1890.<ref name="Society" /> Cutter died on June 6, 1918, in Woburn.<ref name="Society" /> He was the son of Dr. Benjamin Cutter and Mary Cutter. He attended the Woburn Public School and the Warren Academy.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28325862\|title=William Richard Cutter\|work=findagrave.com\|accessdate=21 March 2017}}</ref> He was married to Mary Elizabeth Kimball and lived in Lexington, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28325862\|title=William Richard Cutter\|work=findagrave.com\|accessdate=21 March 2017}}</ref> == Career == He was a secretary of the Trustees of Warren Academy. He was a member of the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars. He also served as President of the Rumford Historical Association.<ref~~>{{cite~~ ~~web\|url~~name=~~https:~~"Society" /~~/www.findagrave.com/cgi~~> He served as the second librarian of the [[Winn Memorial Library]], where he continued development of the historical manuscript repository during his tenure as librarian (1882-~~bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28325862\|title=William~~1909) ~~Richard~~and ~~Cutter\|work=findagrave~~librarian emeritus (1909-1918).~~com\|accessdate=21~~ ~~March~~He ~~2017}}~~was a member of the [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] until 1911.</ref name="Society" /> == Bibliography == His notable books are:<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/494291.William_Richard_Cutter\|title=William Richard Cutter\|work=goodreads.com\|~~accessdate~~access-date=21 March 2017}}</ref> * [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005730215 ''A History of the Cutter Family of New England ''] * [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008727083 ''Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts''] * ''Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts'' * ''Encyclopedia of Massachusetts: Biographical-Genealogical '' Line 30 ⟶ 48: ==External links== * [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Cutter%2C%20William%20Richard%2C%201847-1918 William Richard Cutter], at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] library * [https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=William+Richard+Cutter&searchCode=GKEY%5E&searchType=0&recCount=25&sk=en_US William Richard Cutter], Library of Congress online catalog [https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28325862] * [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22WR+Cutter%22&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C6 WR Cutter], Google Scholar * {{Find a Grave\|28325862}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cutter, William Richard}} [[Category:American writers]]▼ [[Category:1847 births]] [[Category:1918 deaths]] [[Category:Yale University alumni]] [[Category:Norwich University alumni]] ▲[[Category:American ~~writers~~genealogists]] [[Category:People from Woburn, Massachusetts]] [[Category:Historians from Massachusetts]]