Paul Ferdinand Willert

After education at Eton, Willert matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford on 20 October 1862. With the aid of a scholarship, he was a scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford from 1864 to 1867, graduating B.A. in 1867. In 1867 he became a fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, graduating M.A. in 1869. At Exeter College, Willert was a fellow from 1867 to 1895, a classical lecturer in 1867 and again in 1881–1882, a dean in 1877 and again in 1884, and a tutor from 1877 to 1895. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1870. He was an assistant master at Eton from 1870 to 1874. At Exeter College he was made an honorary fellow in 1903.

Upon his death, Willert was survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter. He was a close friend of J. L. Strachan-Davidson and Robert Bridges.

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