# Robert Willis

> The Reverend Robert Willis was an English academic. He was the first Cambridge professor to win widespread recognition as a mechanical engineer, and first to set the scientific study of vowels on a respectable foundation. He is now best remembered for his extensive writings on architectural history, including many studies of mediaeval cathedrals and a four-volume treatise on the architecture of the University of Cambridge. He was described by Pevsner as "the greatest English architectural historian of the 19th century".

*English academic (1800-1875)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1800-02-27
- **Died:** 1875-02-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 38.8
- **Momentum:** 0.8

## Sources
- [Robert Willis](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Willis)
- [روبيرت ويليس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [Robert Willis (engineer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Willis_(engineer))
- [Роберт Вілліс](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81)
- [Robert Willis](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Willis)
- [Уиллис, Роберт](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4470020)

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