John Willis (inventor)
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John Willis, (ca. 1575 – 28 November 1625[1]) was a British clergyman, stenographer and mnemonician. He developed a simple style of shorthand based on the work by Timothy Bright.[2]
Willis graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1592.[1]
Clergyman and later life
On 12 June 1601 he was admitted to the rectory of St. Mary Bothaw, Dowgate Hill, London. He resigned in 1606 on being appointed rector of Bentley Parva, Essex.
