Home › Authors › W. J. McGee W. J. McGee United States · b. 1853 – d. 1912 · 3 books Biography William John McGee, LL.D. was an American inventor, geologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist, born in Farley, Iowa. He always referred to himself as W J McGee, without periods. Books by W. J. McGee The Indians of North America in historic times 1903 Primitive numbers Primitive numbers 1902 [Early American man pamphlets] [Early American man pamphlets] 1885