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{{Short description|American historian, genealogist, and writer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = William Richard Cutter
| image = William Richard Cutter 1847-1918.jpg
| alt = A black-and-white portrait of a man wearing glasses, with "William R. Cutter" written below
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| 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
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'''William Richard Cutter''' (August 17, 1847
== 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was able to conduct further research while at [[Yale University]], building upon the genealogy of the Cutter family and historical documents begun by his father.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" />
== 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
== 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|
* [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 ''
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==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://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22WR+Cutter%22&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C6 WR Cutter], Google Scholar
* {{Find a Grave|28325862}}
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