William Gorham Rice

William Gorham Rice
Rice c. 1910
Born	William Gorham Rice (1856-12-23)December 23, 1856 Albany, New York, US
Died	September 10, 1945(1945-09-10) (aged 88) Guilderland, New York, US
Burial place	Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, New York, US
Education	The Albany Academy
Occupations	Government official activist author
Known for	Expertise in carillons Advocacy of civil service reforms Biographer of Grover Cleveland
Spouse	Harriet Langdon Pruyn ​ ​ (m. 1892; died 1939)​
Children	1
Relatives	Edmund Rice (5th great grandfather) Andrew E. Rice (grandson)

William Gorham Rice Sr. (December 23, 1856 – September 10, 1945) was an American state and federal government official from Albany, New York, and civic activist engaged in the reform of the civil service system. He was a biographer of Grover Cleveland, and became an authority on carillons in America and Europe and authored three books on the topic.^[1]