(August 11, 1836 – May 23, 1917)
– 1861–62 Washington correspondent of the New York Times
– 1863 Founded the Army and Navy Journal
– 1866 co-founded Galaxy Magazine, which published the early writings of Mark Twain
– 1870 one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
– 1871 co-founder of the National Rifle Association
– 1872 Second president of the National Rifle Association
– 1882 commissioner to inspect the Northern Pacific Railroad
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Conant_Church