William Young Willetts (28 November 1918, Purton Stoke – 30 January 1995, Kuala Lumpur) was a British scholar of South-East Asian art studies who wrote several books and served as curator of the National University of Singapore art museum from 1963 to 1972.
[4] The catalogue won the praise of Henry D. Ginsburg who reviewed it in the Journal of the Siam Society, noting Willetts' "appreciation of the aesthetic qualities of these previously unsung artefacts of the Asian ceramics world.
"[5] When the decision was made to close the National University of Singapore's art museum in 1972, Willetts relocated to Kuala Lumpur[6] where he served as Curator of the Muzium Seni Asia, the Museum of the Arts of Asia, University of Malaya.
[7] He died in the Universiti Malaya Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 29 January 1995 at the age of 76.
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