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Harry Taylor Willetts (1922 – 7 April 2005) was an English scholar of Russian, and English language translator of Russian literatures.

In 1922, Willetts was born. Willetts' father was Albert Willetts. Willetts' mother was Alice Taylor.^[1]

From 1940 to 1947, Willetts studied at The Queen's College, Oxford.

Willetts was professor of Russian history at Oxford University. Willetts was director of the Russian and East European Centre at St Antony's College, Oxford, where his colleagues included the noted Russian scholars Max Hayward, Harry Shukman and William Deakin. A prolific translator of Russian literature, Willetts is best known for his translations of the works of the Nobel Prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn. As a translator, he is often credited as H.T. Willetts.

After 1947, Willetts joined the Foreign Office in the Moscow embassy.^[2] Willetts joined St Antony's College in 1960.

In 1957 Willetts married Halina Szenbaum, a Polish Jew, in London, England.^[3]

Willetts had three children: Sam, Cathy and Isobel.

Willetts was preceded in death by his wife Halina.^[4] Their son Sam Willetts became a poet.

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 In 1957 Willetts married Halina Szenbaum, a Polish Jew, in [[London]], England.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Halina-Willetts/301147615370003779 |title=Halina Willetts (Szenbaum) |publisher=geni.com |accessdate=December 31, 2018}}</ref>
-Willetts' son was [[Sam Willetts]], who first used drugs at age 11.<ref name="oxfordtimes_destruction"/> He also had two other children: Cathy and Isobel.
+Willetts had three children: Sam, Cathy and Isobel.
-Willetts was preceded in death by his wife Halina.<ref>[http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/antonians/2005obituaries2.pdf St Antony's obit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906143218/http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/antonians/2005obituaries2.pdf |date=2011-09-06 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref> Their son [[Sam Willetts]] became a poet and a drug addict.<ref name="oxfordtimes_destruction">{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/features/8710625.Destruction_and_creation/ |title=Destruction and Creation (Sam Willetts) |publisher=oxfordtimes.co.uk |date=December 1, 2010 |accessdate=December 31, 2018}}</ref>
+Willetts was preceded in death by his wife Halina.<ref>[http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/antonians/2005obituaries2.pdf St Antony's obit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906143218/http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/antonians/2005obituaries2.pdf |date=2011-09-06 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref> Their son [[Sam Willetts]] became a poet.
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