Arthur Willis graduated with a first class degree in Botany at Bristol. He remained at Bristol to study for his doctorate and was a Demonstrater, Lecturer and Reader in the Department of Botany, as it was then called, from 1947-69. An obituary appeared in the Independent and can be read online at http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1178594.ece (registration required).
Professor Arthur Willis, 1922-2006
17 November 2006
Arthur Willis, a Bristol alumnus and former lecturer and reader in the Department of Botany, died in June.