John Willison (other)
John Willison is also the name of: *John Willison (1680–1750), Scottish Christian minister and author *Sir John Stephen Willison (1856–1927), Canadian journalist See also *John Willison Green John Willison Green (February 12, 1927 – May 28, 2016) was a Canadian journalist and a leading researcher of the Bigfoot phenomenon. He was a graduate of both the University of British Columbia and Columbia University and compiled a database ...

John Willison
John Willison (1680 – 3 May 1750) was an evangelical minister of the Church of Scotland and a writer of Christian literature. Life His father was laird of a small property near Stirling, where John Willison was born. He was inducted to the parish of Brechin as minister in 1703. In 1718 he moved to a charge in Dundee. His treatise on the sanctification of the Lord's day was in response to the policies of James VI and the Episcopal clergy. It provoked a reply from James Small, an Episcopalian, which was answered by Willison in his ''Letter from a Parochial Bishop to a Prelatical Gentleman''. After this, he wrote a devotional work: ''A Sacramental Directory''. Small replied to his earlier ''Letter'', upon which Willison published ''An Apology for the Church of Scotland''. He then moved on to political topics with ''A Letter to an English Member of Parliament''. After the ejection of Ebenezer Erskine and his fellow-ministers for opposition to patronage, Willison attacked their e ...
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John Stephen Willison
Sir John Stephen Willison, FRSC (November 9, 1856 – May 27, 1927) was a Canadian newspaperman, author, and businessman. Born near Hills Green, Huron County, Canada West, the son of Stephen Willison, a blacksmith, and Jane Abram, Willison left school at the age of 15. After working as an assistant teacher and a clerk, he started working in journalism with the ''London Advertiser'' in 1881 and then with the ''Globe'' in 1883. In 1886, he reported from the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Ottawa, Ontario. While in Ottawa he became friends with future Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier. In 1890, Willison was appointed editor of the ''Globe''. In 1900, he was elected president of the Canadian Press Association and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1903, his book ''Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal party: a political history'' was published. In 1902, he left the Globe and went to work at ''The Toronto Evening News''. In 1908, he was appointed the Canadian ...
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