Formerly on undifferentiated name record n 85120325

His The Williams Sonoma cookbook, c1986: CIP t.p. (Chuck Williams) data sheet (founder of Williams Sonoma, company supplying cooking equipment)

Biog. resource center, Apr. 30, 2007 (Charles E. Williams; also known as Chuck Williams; b. 1915, Fla.; founder of Williams-Sonoma, Inc.; in 1956 he purchased a hardware store in Sonoma, Calif.; by 1958 it had become Williams-Sonoma; moved to San Francisco in 1958; incorporated in 1972; sold in 1978 but continued to serve as vice chairman until he became director emeritus in 2006)

Wikipedia, Jan. 27, 2010 (Chuck Williams; Charles E. (Chuck) Williams; b. Oct. 2, 1915, northern Florida; founder of the Williams-Sonoma company)

New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 7, 2015 (in obituary published Dec. 5: Chuck Williams; b. Charles Edward Williams, Oct. 2, 1915, Jacksonville, Fla.; d. Saturday [Dec. 5, 2015], Russian Hill, San Francisco, aged 100; in 1956, opened a French cookware shop in Sonoma, Calif.; moved to San Francisco in 1958 and opened Williams-Sonoma; it became a retail home furnishings and mail-order giant; Williams sold the company in 1978 but remained its public face; author of more than 200 cookbooks)