# William Ralston Balch

> American encyclopedist, journalist, compiler and editor (1852–1923)

**Wikidata**: [Q123821132](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123821132)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ralston_Balch)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-ralston-balch


## References

1. Library of Congress
2. Find a Grave
3. [Source](https://www.nytimes.com/1923/03/09/archives/william-ralston-batch.html)
4. [Source](https://archive.org/details/genealogyofbalch00balc/page/n572/mode/1up)
5. Virtual International Authority File