Professor of Ecclesiastical History (Glasgow)

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The Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History was from 1716 to 1935 a Regius Professorship in Church History of the Church of Scotland at the University of Glasgow . The original foundation was made by George I of Great Britain. Since 1935 the professorship has been called Professor of Ecclesiastical History .

In addition to the Regius Professorship in Glasgow, it was only at the University of Oxford have a Regius Professorship the tray, the 1842 by Queen Victoria donated Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History , which, however, to the history of the Church of England concentrated.

History of the chair

In 1715 the University of Glasgow donated the funds to maintain a company of fifty soldiers of the royalist army against the rebellious Jacobites . Although these soldiers were never used, the king showed his gratitude for the loyalty of the university the following year. In 1716 he donated an additional £ 170 from the income of the Bishop of Glasgow, of which £ 100 was used for a new professorship in Ecclesiastical History and the remaining £ 70 to improve payment for other professors.

The first professor was born in 1690 William Anderson from Drymen . Anderson was ordained but was on a trip to Italy at the time of his calling in 1721. Anderson was pushed through as the candidate of the university's chancellor and proved not only to be a good cleric, but also a skilled politician with a worldly understanding of the power politics of his time.

The second professor of ecclesiastical history, William Rouet , first, contrary to the regulations, reduced the lectures to two hours per week and later gave up lectures completely for the greater part of his tenure. He spent the greater part of his tenure partly with assignments in the service of the university, partly on self-interest outside of Glasgow and was dismissed after his resignation in 1761. In the same year he was reinstated, albeit not as Regius Professor, and entrusted with new tasks in London.

Rouet's successor, William Wight , was appointed against the wishes of the university, which would have preferred another candidate. In addition to ecclesiastical history, he also taught history , was briefly chaplain at the university and held other offices. With Hugh Macleod , a less conspicuous man took office in 1778. He employed William McTurk, and thus his successor, as assistant for the last thirteen years of his tenure . McTurk fulfilled his duties until his death in 1841.

By the time he was promoted to Regius Professor in 1841, James Seaton Reid was already professor of ecclesiastical history at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution after serving in the Church of Ireland and authored several influential books on ecclesiastical history. The seventh professor, Thomas Jackson , had studied at the University of St. Andrews and had held a professorship there for fifteen years. He held the chair until 1878. After William Lee (1874 to 1886) and Robert Story (1886 to 1898), James Cooper, a man who had great influence in the Church of Scotland , took office.

Archibald Main took over the office in 1922 . Main had already taught history at St. Andrews. He was named Chaplain to the King in 1925 . Main stood up with Alexander Martin for the democratization of the Church of Scotland. As the first professor in Glasgow, he also regularly taught the history of the Church of England. He founded the Scottish Ecclesiological Society and has been elected chairman several times. During Main's tenure in 1935, the crown's patronage over the professorship also ended. The successors no longer bore the prestigious title of Regius Professor. Main's legacy for the university is Archibald Main Price , donated from Main's estate in 1947 , which is bestowed on the best of the year in the preparatory course.

The first professor of ecclesiastical history was William Dickie Niven (1946 to 1949). The second was John Foster , who took up the professorship after a meritorious career in the service of the Anglican Church which had taken him to China. He was followed by William Frend , who had worked for the secret service in North Africa, Italy and Austria during the war . Frend was ordained in 1983 and served as a minister in Peterborough until 1990 .

In 2003, current professor Ian Hazlett was appointed.

Holder of the chair

Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History

Surname Life
data 		from to annotation
William Anderson 1721 1752
William Rouet 1752 1761
William Wight 1762 1778
Hugh Macleod 1778 1809
William McTurk 1809 1841
James Seaton Reid 1841 1851
Thomas Jackson 1851 1874
William Lee 1874 1886
Robert Story 1886 1898
James Cooper 1899 1922
Archibald Main 1922 1942

Professors of Ecclesiastical History

Surname name suffix from to annotation
William Niven 1946 1949
John Foster 1949 1969
William Frend 1969 1984
Ian Hazlett 2003

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Ecclesiastical History. The University of Glasgow Story; Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  2. ^ A b The University of Glasgow Story, King George I ; Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b William Anderson. The University of Glasgow Story; Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  4. ^ A b c d Roger L. Emerson: Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment: Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities . Edinburgh University Press, 2008, p. 72 ff.
  5. ^ A b Norman Sykes: The Study of Ecclesiastical History . Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-107-63413-8 , 1945, p. 9.
  6. ↑ a b c William Rouet. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  7. ↑ a b c William Wight. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ a b c Hugh Macleod. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  9. ↑ a b c William McTurk. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ a b James Seaton Reid. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  11. ↑ a b c Thomas Jackson. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  12. ↑ a b William Lee. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  13. ↑ a b Robert Story. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  14. ↑ a b c d James Cooper. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  15. ↑ a b c d Archibald Main. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  16. ↑ TM Devine, Jenny Wormald (Ed.): The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History . Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-162433-9 , pp. 2018
  17. ^ Archibald Main Prize. The University of Glasgow Story; Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  18. ↑ a b William Niven. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  19. ↑ a b John Foster. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  20. ↑ a b c William Frend. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  21. ↑ a b Ian Hazlett. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on February 16, 2015.
  22. ^ Appointment of Archibald Main. In: The Edinburgh Gazette , September 1, 1922, 13845, p. 1443; accessed on February 10, 2015.