Famous Relatives

Some of my relatives are world-famous, including:

• Edward L Thorndike, my maternal great grandfather. He was a famous psychologist, and author of the Thorndike dictionary.
• Robert L Thorndike, my maternal great uncle. He was a famous psychologist.
• Frances Cope, my maternal grandmother. She was a famous mathematician.
• William Clark, who led the Lewis and Clark expedition, which explored what is now the western United States. He is one of my father's ancestors. My father and I are both named after him.

Going further back, both sides of my family have a lot of royalty, including on my mother's side the Sweetsers and Eleanor of Aquaitaine and the Plantagenets. Through the royalty I am distantly related to the famous scientist Isaac Newton.

Click here to see my full family tree. You will need to create free ancestry.com account to view the family tree.

williamn@alumni.caltech.edu is my email address.

People I have helped or their offspring, or anybody else who has questions or comments should feel free to contact me.