Ridley Wills II | |
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 Wills in 2019 | |
| Born | William Ridley Wills II June 19, 1934 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Education | Vanderbilt University |
| Genres | Biography, History, Architecture, Business |
William Ridley Wills II (born June, 1934) is an American author and historian living in Nashville, Tennessee, who has authored 34 historical and biographical books as of 2024. He received the Tennessee History Book Award in 1991 for his first book, The History of Belle Meade: Mansion, Plantation and Stud. He is a past president of the Tennessee Historical Society and in 2016, was given an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from The University of the South. He is a former executive of a company founded by his grandfather, the National Life and Accident Insurance Company and was on the boards of trust of Vanderbilt University and Montgomery Bell Academy, a prep school for boys in Nashville.