Francis Willis
D.D. (a.k.a. Francis Wyllis; died 1597) was an academic administrator at the
University of Oxford
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and
Dean of
Worcester
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.
In 1577, Willis was elected
President
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of
St John's College, Oxford
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, a post he held until 1590.
While President at St John's College, he was also
Vice-Chancellor
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of
Oxford University
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from 1587 until 1588. He was also a canon of
Bristol Cathedral
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, of which city he was said to be a native.
[Fasti Oxonienses of Annals of the University of Oxford, part I, 1500-1640, ed. Anthony Wood, London, p. 241]
Willis was
Dean of Worcester
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*1541–1544 Henry Holb ...
from 1586 until his death in 1597.
[B. Green, ''Bishops and Deans of Worcester''. ]Worcester
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* Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England
** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament
* Worcester Park, London, Engl ...
, 1979.
References
Year of birth missing
1597 deaths
Presidents of St John's College, Oxford
Vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford
Deans of Worcester
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