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Francis Willis D.D. (a.k.a. Francis Wyllis; died 1597) was an academic administrator at the University of Oxford and Dean of Worcester.

In 1577, Willis was elected President of St John's College, Oxford, a post he held until 1590. While President at St John's College, he was also Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1587 until 1588. He was also a canon of Bristol Cathedral, of which city he was said to be a native.

Willis was Dean of Worcester from 1586 until his death in 1597.

References

  1. H. E. Salter and Mary D. Lobel, ed. (1954). "St. John's College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 251–264. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  2. "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  3. University of Oxford (1888). "Vice-Chancellors". The Historical Register of the University of Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 21–27. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  4. Fasti Oxonienses of Annals of the University of Oxford, part I, 1500-1640, ed. Anthony Wood, London, p. 241
  5. B. Green, Bishops and Deans of Worcester. Worcester, 1979.
Academic offices
Preceded byToby Mathew President of St John's College, Oxford
1577–1590
Succeeded byRalph Hutchison
Preceded byDaniel Bernard Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
1587–1588
Succeeded byMartin Heton


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