John Terrick Williams RA RI ROI (20 July 1860 – 20 July 1936), better known as Terrick Williams was a British painter who was a member of the Royal Academy. Williams was born on 20 July 1860 in Liverpool, England, the son of a businessman. He was educated at King's College School, Wimbleton, London[and was expected by his father to continue in the family business. However, his determination to become an artist saw him abandon his business career and move to Europe in 1885 and study under Charles Verlat in Antwerp and later at the Académie Julian and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury in Paris.