Wilds P. Richardson

Wilds Preston Richardson
Wilds P. Richardson as president of the ARC (1905-1917)
Born	(1861-03-20)March 20, 1861 Hunt County, Texas, Confederate States of America
Died	May 20, 1929(1929-05-20) (aged 68) Washington D.C., United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1884–1920
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands held	5th Infantry Division American North Russian Expeditionary Forces 78th Infantry Brigade Alaska Road Commission
Battles/wars	World War I Western Front Russian Civil War North Russia intervention

Wilds Preston Richardson (20 March 1861 in Hunt County, Texas – 20 May 1929) was an officer of the United States Army notable for being an explorer and geographer of Alaska in the early decades of the 20th century. During World War I, he was promoted to the rank brigadier general and, because of his cold weather experience, sent to lead the Polar Bear Expedition, part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. Richardson retired after the war and died in Washington, D.C., in 1929.