John Wills

John Wills D.D. (died 16 June 1806) was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford.

Wills was elected Warden of Wadham College, Oxford on 7 July 1783, a post he held until his death in 1806. While Warden at Wadham College, Wills was also Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1792 until 1796.

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John Wills (Iowa politician)

John Wills (born 1966) is the Iowa State Representative from the 1st District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2055. Wills grew up in Sibley, Iowa. He has a B.A. in biology from Northwestern College (Iowa) and also holds two Masters Degrees.

As of January 2015, Wills serves on several committees in the Iowa House - Human Resources, Natural Resources, State Government committees, as well as the Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee. He also serves as the vice chair of the Environmental Protection Committee.

Wills is the Vice President of the Okoboji Protective Association and has been involved in water quality and conservation work for more than 15 years. Wills has served in the military for 25 years, most currently in the National Guard.

Biography

John grew up in Sibley, graduated from Sibley Community High School, and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Northwestern College in Orange City. He also holds two Master’s Degrees. John and his wife, Cami, have three adult children.

John Wills (architect)

John Wills (1846 - 20 June 1906) was an architect based in Derby.

Personal life

He lived at Dodbrook, 136 Whitaker Road, Derby, a house he designed himself.

For many years he was president of the Derby and Derbyshire Band of Hope Union, and treasurer of the South Derbyshire Liberal Association. He was also a councillor on Derby Town Council for the Becket Ward in the 1880s. He was a trustee of Green-hill Chapel in Derby.

He died in Salcombe, Devon on 20 June 1906.

Career

He formed a partnership with his sons William Francis Wills (b. 1877) and John Ross Wills (b. 1882). His practice was based at Victoria Street Chambers in Derby. He was responsible for building many non-conformist chapels in the Midlands and in the southeastern counties of Sussex, Middlesex, Essex and Kent. He has been called the "pre-eminent architect" of Baptist chapels in Kent, where his designs ranged from expensive, large chapels in towns to small wayside chapels in rural areas. His Baptist church at Holland Road in Hove has been called one of the most important Nonconformist chapels of the Victorian era in Sussex.