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Encyclopedia > Browne Willis

Browne Willis (1682 - 1760), antiquary, educated at Westminster and Oxford, entered the Inner Temple 1700, sat in the House of Commons 1705-8. He wrote History of the Counties, Cities, and Boroughs of England and Wales (1715), Notitia Parliamentaria, etc.

This article is originally from A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.

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