Dr William King Gillies FRSE FEIS LLD (1875–1952) was a Scottish educator and academic author.
When he left Hutchesons' Grammar School in November 1919 he was presented with a volume of Richard Jebb's Essays and Addresses, signed by 33 members of the staff, as well as an etching and a silver salver.
His proposers were James Watt, David Brown Dott, Ralph Allan Sampson and John Mathieson.
He died on Saturday 15 November 1952 at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary having been struck by a tram on 1 October.
[5] His daughter, Dorothy King Gillies, was headmistress of Grantham High School for Girls.