Robert Roy "Bob" Williams (1939 â March 10, 2018) was a professor emeritus of Germanic studies and religious studies at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Williams received his PhD from Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 1971 with the dissertation on "Consciousness and Redemption in the Theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher".
He played an important role in reviving interest in the philosophy of Hegel. In 2018 The Owl of Minerva dedicated a whole issue of the journal to the memory of Bob Williams, which contained review of his latest book Hegel on the Proofs and the Personhood of God.