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{{Short description|English organist}}
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'''Willis Grant''' (1 May 1907 – 9 November 1981) was an English [[Organist#Classical and church organists|cathedral organist]], who served in [[St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham]].<ref>The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw.</ref>
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During [[World War II]] he served with the [[Royal Army Service Corps]], 1941–1942 and was a Major in the [[Royal Army Educational Corps]] in the Indian Command lecturing on music, 1942–1946.
From 1948 he was head of music at [[King Edward's School, Birmingham]]. His eminent pupil [[Harrison Oxley]] was his Assistant until leaving for [[Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1951.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100523070724/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6187433.ece The Times] </ref> From 1958 to 1972, Grant was professor of music at the [[University of Bristol]].
He founded the [[Birmingham Bach Society]] in 1947<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.birmingham.bachchoir.com/history.html|title=History}}</ref>
In 1958, Willis Grant was invited to become the Stanley Hugh Baddock Professor of Music at [[Bristol University]], and he held this post until his retirement in 1972.
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