William S. Sims (1858–1936)
Author of The Victory at Sea
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Full name: William Sowden Sims
Image credit: Source: The Life of Admiral Hahan, Charles Carlisle Taylor, 1920, London
Works by William S. Sims
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Sims, William S.
- Legal name
- Sims, William Sowden
- Birthdate
- 1858-10-15
- Date of death
- 1936-09-25
- Gender
- male
- Education
- United States Naval Academy (1880)
- Occupations
- naval officer
- Organizations
- Naval War College (President 1917, 1919-1922)
United States Navy (Admiral) - Awards and honors
- Pulitzer Prize (History, 1921)
Honorary LL.D., Bates College (1929)
Honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, Columbia University (1920)
Honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, Williams College (1920)
Several U.S. Navy vessels named in his honor
U.S. postage stamp honoring him (2010) - Nationality
- USA
Canada (birth) - Birthplace
- Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
- Place of death
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Disambiguation notice
- Full name: William Sowden Sims
- Associated Place (for map)
- Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
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- Members
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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