Значение слова WILLIS в Литературной энциклопедии

1) BROWNE (1682-1760).-Antiquary, _ed._ at Westminster and Oxf., 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. 2) WILLIS, NATHANIEL PARKER (1806-1867).-Poet, _b._ at Portland, and _ed._ at Yale, was mainly a journalist, and conducted various magazines, including the _American Monthly_; but he also wrote short poems, many of which were popular, of which perhaps the best is "Unseen Spirits," stories, and works of a more or less fugitive character, with such titles as _Pencillings by the Way_ (1835), _Inklings of Adventure_, _Letters from under a Bridge_ (1839), _People I have Met_, _The Rag-Tag_, _The Slingsby Papers_, etc., some of which were originally contributed to his magazines. He travelled a good deal in Europe, and was attached for a time to the American Embassy in Paris. He was a favourite in society, and enjoyed a wide popularity in uncritical circles, but is now distinctly a spent force.