Edward Ellerker Williams (22 April 1793 – 8 July 1822) was a retired army officer who became friends with Percy Bysshe Shelley in the final months of his life and died with him.
Read more about Edward Ellerker Williams: Early Life, Friendship With Medwin and Trelawny, Death, Journal and Notebooks, Bibliography
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