William W. Woollcott, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam W. Woollcott
American businessman
Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1876
Date of Death: 02-Feb-1949
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About William W. Woollcott
- William W.
- Woollcott (24 March 1876 — 2 February 1949) was an ink-and-paste manufacturer who lived in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Known as "Willie" he was the brother of Alexander Woollcott, and was married to Marie Bloede—daughter of Victor G.
- Bloede—a good friend of H.
- L.
- Mencken and a non-performing member of the Saturday Night Club.
- He was known for being a "wit and a bon vivant in his own right" but is best remembered for writing the anthem of the Saturday Night Club whose opening line Mencken included in his New Dictionary of Quotations: "I am a one hundred percent American! I am, God damn, I am!" The song took on a brief life of its own gaining "wide popularity among the unregenerate" during the 1920s.
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