William Hailey Willis

William Hailey Willis (April 29, 1916, Meridian, Mississippi – July 13, 2000, Durham, North Carolina)[1] was an American classicist and a leading twentieth century papyrologist.[2][3]

Early life

Willis was the son of William W. Willis and Clara B. (Hailey) Willis.[4] He married Rachel E. (Hamilton) Willis on December 20, 1943, in Meridian, MS.[5]

Scholarly career

Willis was educated at Mississippi College (B.A.), Columbia University (M.A.), and Yale University (Ph.D.).[6] Willis was a professor of Classics at the University of Mississippi from 1946 until 1963, when he relocated to Duke University.[7] Willis' decision to change institutions in 1963 was related, in part, to the strife that surrounded racial integration at the University of Mississippi, a cause that he had both supported and advanced.[8] In 1973 Willis served as president of the American Philological Association.[9] He was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1980.[10][11][12]

Willis' scholarly career included extensive work on papyrology and he published numerous papers dealing with ancient papyri.[13][14][15]

He was instrumental in advancing the efforts of the papyrus research center, Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri, at Duke.[16] He was credited with producing an electronic edition of the Duke Data Bank of Documentary Papyri that was disseminated on CD-ROM by the Packard Humanities Institute.[16] At Duke Willis also served as editor of the journal Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies.[17]

Scholarship

Necrology

References

  1. ↑ James David Tillman (1963). Tillman & Hamilton Family Records: With Their Many Ancestral Lineages.
  2. ↑ http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Willis-1709
  3. ↑ Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists Volume 22, Issue 1-4: Classical Studies Presented to William Hailey Willis on the Occasion of his Retirement from Duke University, pp. vii Permalink: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.0599796.0022.001:01
  4. ↑ http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Willis-1709
  5. ↑ http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Willis-1709
  6. ↑ History of the Department of Classics at the University of Mississippi: Mid-20th century http://classics.olemiss.edu/history/mid-20th-century/
  7. ↑ Classical studies presented to William Hailey Willis: on the occasion of his retirement from Duke University. American Society of Papyrologists. 1985.
  8. ↑ History of the Department of Classics at the University of Mississippi: Mid-20th century http://classics.olemiss.edu/history/mid-20th-century/
  9. ↑ Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. Association. 1973.
  10. ↑ http://awardsandwinners.com/winner/?mid=/m/0zs4hxs&name=william-h.-willis
  11. ↑ List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1980
  12. ↑ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: WILLIAM H. WILLIS Fellow: Awarded 1980 Field of Study: Classics Competition: US & Canada http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/william-h-willis/
  13. ↑ William Hailey Willis (1968). A Census of the Literary Papyri from Egypt.
  14. ↑ William Hailey Willis (1958). Greek Literary Papyri from Egypt and the Classical Canon. Harvard University Library.
  15. ↑ William Hailey Willis (1961). The New Collections of Papyri at the University of Mississippi. Stephen Austin & Sons.
  16. 1 2 Adam Bülow-Jacobsen (1 January 1994). Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Papyrologists, Copenhagen, 23-29 August, 1992. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 628–. ISBN 978-87-7289-264-1.
  17. ↑ Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies http://grbs.library.duke.edu/
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