Francis Willis (academic)

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Francis Willis D.D. (aka 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.^[1] While President at St John's College, he was also Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1587 until 1588.^[2]^[3]

Willis was Dean of Worcester from 1586 until his death in 1597.^[4]

References

↑ 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 July 25, 2011.
↑ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
↑ University of Oxford (1888). "Vice-Chancellors". The Historical Register of the University of Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 21–27. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
↑ B. Green, Bishops and Deans of Worcester. Worcester, 1979.

Academic offices
Preceded by Toby Mathew	President of St John's College, Oxford 1577–1590	Succeeded by Ralph Hutchison
Preceded by Daniel Bernard	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1587–1588	Succeeded by Martin Heton

Persondata
Name	Willis, Francis
Alternative names	Wyllis, Francis
Short description	Academic administrator and dean
Date of birth
Place of birth	England
Date of death	1597
Place of death	England

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