Sir Robert Williams
British businessman
Died when: 78 years 94 days (939 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (21 January 1860 – 25 April 1938) was a Scottish mining engineer, pioneering explorer of Africa, entrepreneur, and railroad developer who was chiefly responsible for the discovery of the vast copper deposits in Katanga Province (now incorporated in the Democratic Republic of Congo) and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).
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