(August 11, 1836 – May 23, 1917)

• 1861–62 Washington correspondent of the New York Times
• 1863 Founded the Army and Navy Journal
  Our FIRST Firearm Instructor?
  
• 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 Meets with Gen. George Wingate
  –  they decide to create military manuals on marksmanship
• 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