William Willis (physician)

This article is about the physician. For other uses of this name, see William Willis (disambiguation).

William Willis
Doctor William Willis
Born(1837-05-01)1 May 1837
Fermanagh, Ireland
Died14 February 1894(1894-02-14) (aged 56)
Moneen, Fermanagh, Ireland
Resting placeFlorencecourt, Ireland
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)doctor, foreign advisor to Japan
Known forForeign advisor to Meiji Japan[1]

William Willis FRCS (1 May 1837 – 14 February 1894) was an Irish medical doctor who joined the British mission in Japan in 1861.[2]

  1. ^ "Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi" p63
  2. ^ Campbell, Allen; Nobel, David S (1993). Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha. p. 1701. ISBN 406205938X.