George Williams (YMCA) place was the YMCA, which he founded on 6 June 1844. It promoted Muscular Christianity. One of the earliest converts and contributors to the new association was George's employer, George Hitchcock. It also provided a safe place for young men and women. Williams was knighted by Queen Victoria in her 1894 Birthday Honours. After his death in 1905, he was commemorated by a stained-glass window in the nave of Westminster Abbey. Sir George Williams is buried in St Paul's Cathedral. Sir George Williams University in Montreal, which was founded by the YMCA, was named in commemoration of Williams; it was
George E. Williams St. Louis, Missouri. George E. Williams George E. Williams (28 February 1828 – 31 October 1914) was an American newspaper publisher and politician from New York. He was born on February 28, 1828, in Clay, Onondaga County, New York. He attended the public schools, and for six months the Clinton Liberal Institute. In 1851, he became the editor and publisher of the "Phoenix Gazette", a Whig-leaning newspaper. Two years later he moved to Fulton, in Oswego County, and published there the "Oswego County Gazette". Williams and his paper joined the Republican cause in 1855. In 1858, the paper was merged