William Corless Mills

American museum curator

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Born:: Jan. 2, 1860, Pyrmont, Ohio, U.S.

Died:: Jan. 17, 1928, Columbus, Ohio (aged 68)

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William Corless Mills (born Jan. 2, 1860, Pyrmont, Ohio, U.S.—died Jan. 17, 1928, Columbus, Ohio) was a U.S. museum curator who excavated Indian remains in Ohio, including Adena Mound (1901), a large earthen burial ground near Chillicothe, built c. 50 bc. It became the type site for the study of the North American Adena culture and period. He was the curator and librarian of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society (1898–1928) and curator of the Ohio State University Museum (1899–1928). He wrote Archaeological Atlas of Ohio (1914) and Certain Mounds and Village Sites in Ohio, 3 vol. (1907–22).

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