Between 1909 and 1957 the University of Bristol received gifts of land and property worth £1.37 million from the Wills family. Donations from the Wills and Fry families made up 89% of the University ...

The supporters of University College Bristol (the predecessor of the modern University) needed funding that would secure full University status which would allow them to independently award degrees.

The Wills Memorial Building will not be renamed despite campaigners claiming it is named after a slave trader, the University of Bristol has announced. Henry Overton Wills III became the ...

The University of Bristol is considering renaming seven buildings that all honour donors with links to the transatlantic slave trade. Landmark buildings like the Wills Memorial Building and ...

Bristol University could rename some of its buildings due to their links with the transatlantic slave trade. Wills Memorial Building, Goldney Hall and the Fry Building are among the seven ...

A dozen students are occupying Bristol University's Wills Memorial building - and say they plan to stay there for "at least three days". The group of 12 students are staging the protest to ...

The University of Bristol's Wills Memorial Building . Bosses at Bristol University have announced plans to review its building's names and logo which have links to slave traders.

Students at the University of Bristol have demanded that one of the city’s most famous landmarks, the Wills Memorial Tower, be renamed due to its alleged links to the slave trade, it has emerged.

Students at the University of Bristol are demanding that one of the institution’s most iconic structures is renamed over alleged links to the slave trade. More than 450 people have signed a ...

The University of Bristol is launching a consultation on whether to rename seven of its buildings with links to the slave trade. The university said the consultation was a "listening exercise" and ...

The Wills Memorial Building will not be renamed despite campaigners claiming it is named after a slave trader, the University of Bristol has announced. Henry Overton Wills III became the ...

The Wills family founded WD and HO Wills in 1786, shipping tobacco from the New World into Bristol. When the university was struggling, Henry Overton Wills stepped in with a gift that would now be ...