Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge)
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
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
- ↑ Coton on British-History.ac.uk; accessed on May 18, 2016.
- ↑ Gabel-Gilmore on British-History.ac.uk; accessed on May 24, 2016.
- ↑ a b c Trinity College on British-History.ac.uk; accessed on May 24, 2016.