Michael Willis (minister)

Michael Willis
Personal details
Born1799
Scotland
Died1879
Aberlour
Denomination(1) Old Light Burgher
(2) Church of Scotland
(3) Free Church
(4) Presbyterian Church in Canada

Michael Willis (1799-1879) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who emigrated to Canada and became Principal of Knox College, Toronto. A prominent campaigner for the abolition of slavery he was involved in the Canadian end of the Underground Railway. He was Moderator of the General Assembly for the Presbyterian Church of Canada in 1870.