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Willis

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Willis [ˈwɪlɪs]
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1. (Biographies / Willis, Norman (David) (1933 M, British, POLITICS: trade unionist) Norman (David). born 1933, British trade union leader; general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (1984-93)
2. (Biographies / Willis, Ted, Baron Willis of Chislehurst (1918-1992) M, British, WRITING: author) Ted. Baron Willis of Chislehurst. 1918-92, British author. His works include the play Hot Summer Night (1959) and the novel Death May Surprise Us (1974)
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Noun1.Willis - English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675)


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Willis, issued this touching appeal to the admirers of genius on behalf of the neglected author, his dying wife and her devoted mother, then living under very straitened circumstances in a little cottage at Fordham, N.
Sacred To the Memory of Robert Long, Willis Ellery, Nathan Coleman, Walter Canny, Seth Macy, and Samuel Gleig, Forming one of the boats' crews of the Ship Eliza, Who were towed out of sight by a Whale, On the Off-shore Ground in the Pacific, December 31st,
They are all suited now with sticks, and Joe Willis and the gipsy man have drawn the first lot.
 
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