Tony Williams
BRI Staff Team
Senior Fellow
Accomplished scholar, author, and educator Tony Williams brings his considerable knowledge of the ideas and documents of the American Founding to writing history and civics curricula for the Institute. He manages scholar relations and is the host of BRI Scholar Talks. Before joining the Institute in 2014, Tony taught at the middle and high school level for fifteen years. He is the author of seven books on early American history, including most recently, with Stephen F. Knott, Washington & Hamilton: The Alliance That Forged America and Hamilton: An American Biography and Divided over the Declaration: How an Enduring Debate Sustains the Vision of America (Diversion Books, 2026). Tony earned a B.A. in history from Syracuse University and an M.A. in U.S. History from Ohio State University. He is a frequent contributor to several blogs and speaks across the country on history and civics.