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[td]The [[Wills Memorial Building]], one of the landmark buildings of Bristol University, was built in Henry's honour by his sons [[George Alfred Wills|George]] and [[Henry Herbert Wills|Harry]].<ref>[http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/gallery/places/wmb.html Bristol University | The University | The Wills Memorial Building] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052251/http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/gallery/places/wmb.html |date=2007-10-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/lnd-03.asp | title=Wills Memorial Tower, Bristol England landmark }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=686 |title=Building β 686 β Wills Memorial Tower β Bristol |access-date=14 November 2015 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022175750/http://skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=686 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2006/875.html|title=Bristol University|work=Wills Tower set for new glory[/td] [td]|access-date=23 June 2007}}</ref> One of the Wills' family homes, Downside House in [[Bristol]], is now a hall of residence known as [[Wills Hall]] for the university.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wills Hall Guide |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/wills-hall/migrated/documents/hall-guide.pdf |publisher=University of Bristol |access-date=14 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015111.../wills-hall/migrated/documents/hall-guide.pdf |archive-date=17 November 2015 }}</ref>[/td]
[td]|access-date=23 June 2007}}</ref> One of the Wills' family homes, Downside House in [[Bristol]], is now a hall of residence known as [[Wills Hall]] for the university.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wills Hall Guide |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/wills-hall/migrated/documents/hall-guide.pdf |publisher=University of Bristol |access-date=14 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015111.../wills-hall/migrated/documents/hall-guide.pdf |archive-date=17 November 2015 }}</ref>[/td] [td][/td] [td]===Professorship of Mathematics===[/td] [td]The '''Henry Overton Wills Professorship of Mathematics''' is a [[named chair]] at the [[University of Bristol]]. They are, or have been:[/td] [td]* 1919β1949: [[Henry Ronald HassΓ©]]<ref>J. Vint, [https://academic.oup.com/jlms/article-abstract/s1-31/2/252/814877 "Henry Ronald HassΓ©"], ''The Journal of the London Mathematical Society'', vol. 31, no. 2 (1956), p. 253.</ref>[/td] [td]* 1949β1964: [[Hans Arnold Heilbronn]], FRS<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-155489 "Heilbronn, Prof. Hans Arnold"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who Was Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref>[/td] [td]* 1964β1976: [[Leslie Howarth]], FRS<ref>[https://catalogues.royalsociety.org...c=CalmView.Persons&id=NA7926&AddBasket=NA7926 "Record: Howarth, Leslie"], ''The Royal Society''. Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref>[/td] [td]* 1977β1991: [[John Cedric Shepherdson]], FBA<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-34658 "Shepherdson, Prof. John Cedric"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who Was Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref>[/td] [td]* 1991β1999: [[Philip Drazin]][/td] [td]* 1999β2003: [[Bernard Walter Silverman]], FRS<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-34862 "Silverman, Prof. Sir Bernard (Walter)"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref>[/td] [td]* 2003β2011: [[Peter James Green]], FRS<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-44016 "Green, Prof. Peter James"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref>[/td] [td]* 2012β2019: [[Jonathan Peter Keating]], FRS<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-250337 "Keating, Prof. Jonathan Peter"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref>[/td] [td]* 2024-: [[Jens Marklof]], FRS<ref>[https://www.bristol.ac.uk/maths/news/2024/henry-overton-wills-professor-of-mathematics.html "Henry Overton Wills Professor of Mathematics"]. Retrieved 4 January 2025.</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
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[td]The [[Wills Memorial Building]], one of the landmark buildings of Bristol University, was built in Henry's honour by his sons [[George Alfred Wills|George]] and [[Henry Herbert Wills|Harry]].<ref>[http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/gallery/places/wmb.html Bristol University | The University | The Wills Memorial Building] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052251/http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/gallery/places/wmb.html |date=2007-10-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/lnd-03.asp | title=Wills Memorial Tower, Bristol England landmark }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=686 |title=Building β 686 β Wills Memorial Tower β Bristol |access-date=14 November 2015 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022175750/http://skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=686 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2006/875.html|title=Bristol University|work=Wills Tower set for new glory[/td]Revision as of 17:13, 30 August 2025
[/td][td]The [[Wills Memorial Building]], one of the landmark buildings of Bristol University, was built in Henry's honour by his sons [[George Alfred Wills|George]] and [[Henry Herbert Wills|Harry]].<ref>[http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/gallery/places/wmb.html Bristol University | The University | The Wills Memorial Building] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052251/http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/gallery/places/wmb.html |date=2007-10-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/lnd-03.asp | title=Wills Memorial Tower, Bristol England landmark }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=686 |title=Building β 686 β Wills Memorial Tower β Bristol |access-date=14 November 2015 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022175750/http://skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=686 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2006/875.html|title=Bristol University|work=Wills Tower set for new glory[/td] [td]|access-date=23 June 2007}}</ref> One of the Wills' family homes, Downside House in [[Bristol]], is now a hall of residence known as [[Wills Hall]] for the university.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wills Hall Guide |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/wills-hall/migrated/documents/hall-guide.pdf |publisher=University of Bristol |access-date=14 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015111.../wills-hall/migrated/documents/hall-guide.pdf |archive-date=17 November 2015 }}</ref>[/td]
[td]|access-date=23 June 2007}}</ref> One of the Wills' family homes, Downside House in [[Bristol]], is now a hall of residence known as [[Wills Hall]] for the university.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wills Hall Guide |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/wills-hall/migrated/documents/hall-guide.pdf |publisher=University of Bristol |access-date=14 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015111.../wills-hall/migrated/documents/hall-guide.pdf |archive-date=17 November 2015 }}</ref>[/td] [td][/td] [td]===Professorship of Mathematics===[/td] [td]The '''Henry Overton Wills Professorship of Mathematics''' is a [[named chair]] at the [[University of Bristol]]. They are, or have been:[/td] [td]* 1919β1949: [[Henry Ronald HassΓ©]]<ref>J. Vint, [https://academic.oup.com/jlms/article-abstract/s1-31/2/252/814877 "Henry Ronald HassΓ©"], ''The Journal of the London Mathematical Society'', vol. 31, no. 2 (1956), p. 253.</ref>[/td] [td]* 1949β1964: [[Hans Arnold Heilbronn]], FRS<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-155489 "Heilbronn, Prof. Hans Arnold"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who Was Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref>[/td] [td]* 1964β1976: [[Leslie Howarth]], FRS<ref>[https://catalogues.royalsociety.org...c=CalmView.Persons&id=NA7926&AddBasket=NA7926 "Record: Howarth, Leslie"], ''The Royal Society''. Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref>[/td] [td]* 1977β1991: [[John Cedric Shepherdson]], FBA<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-34658 "Shepherdson, Prof. John Cedric"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who Was Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref>[/td] [td]* 1991β1999: [[Philip Drazin]][/td] [td]* 1999β2003: [[Bernard Walter Silverman]], FRS<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-34862 "Silverman, Prof. Sir Bernard (Walter)"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref>[/td] [td]* 2003β2011: [[Peter James Green]], FRS<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-44016 "Green, Prof. Peter James"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref>[/td] [td]* 2012β2019: [[Jonathan Peter Keating]], FRS<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-250337 "Keating, Prof. Jonathan Peter"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref>[/td] [td]* 2024-: [[Jens Marklof]], FRS<ref>[https://www.bristol.ac.uk/maths/news/2024/henry-overton-wills-professor-of-mathematics.html "Henry Overton Wills Professor of Mathematics"]. Retrieved 4 January 2025.</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
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