Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge)

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Regius Professor of Greek is a Regius Professorship in Greek Philology at Cambridge University . Founded in 1540 by King Henry VIII , it is one of the oldest chairs in Great Britain.

In addition to this Regius Professur, there is another Regius Professur of Greek at the University of Oxford , which was also donated by Henry VIII , a Regius Professur of Greek at Trinity College Dublin and a Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Aberdeen .

Chair holder

Surname Data from to Remarks
John Cheke 1540 1547
Nicholas Carr 1547 1549
Francisco de Enzinas 1549 1552
Unknown
Bartholomew Dodington 1562 1585
Andrew Downes 1585 1625
Robert Creighton 1625 1639
James Duport 1639 1654
Ralph Widdrington 1654 1660
Isaac Barrow 1660 1663
James Valentine 1663 1666
Thomas Gale DD 1666 1672 In contrast, Thomas Gale is given as Regius Professor of Greek from 1672 to 1676.
John North 1672 1674
Benjamin Pulleyn 1674 1686
Michael Payne 1686 1695
Joshua Barnes 1695 1712
Thomas Pilgrim 1712 1726
Walter Taylor 1726 1743
William Fraigneau 1743 1750
Thomas Francklin 1750 1759
Michael Lort 1759 1771
James Lambert AT THE 1771 1780
William Cooke 1780 1792
Richard Porson 1792 1808
James Henry Monk 1808 1823
Peter Paul Dobree AT THE 1823 1825
James Scholefield 1825 1853
William Hepworth Thompson 1853 1867
Benjamin Hall Kennedy 1867 1889
Richard Claverhouse Jebb 1889 1906
Henry Jackson 1906 1921
Alfred Chilton Pearson 1921 1928
Donald Struan Robertson 1928 1950
Denys Lionel Page 1950 1974
Geoffrey Kirk 1974 1982
Eric Handley 1984 1994
Pat Easterling 1994 2001
Richard Hunter 2001

literature

  • Christopher Stray (Ed.): The Owl of Minerva. The Cambridge praelections of 1906. Reassessments of Richard Jebb, James Adam , Walter Headlam, Henry Jackson, William Ridgeway and Arthur Verrall. Cambridge Philological Society, Cambridge 2005 ( Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society , Supplement 28).

Individual evidence

  1. Coton on British-History.ac.uk; accessed on May 18, 2016.
  2. Gabel-Gilmore on British-History.ac.uk; accessed on May 24, 2016.
  3. a b c Trinity College on British-History.ac.uk; accessed on May 24, 2016.