Francis Willis (academic)

For other people named Francis Willis, see Francis Willis (disambiguation).

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.^[1] While President at St John's College, he was also Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1587 until 1588.^[2][3] He was also a canon of Bristol Cathedral, of which city he was said to be a native.^[4]

Willis was Dean of Worcester from 1586 until his death in 1597.^[5]