Regius Professor of Greek (Trinity)

Regius Professor of Greek is the title of Chair in Greek Philology at Trinity College , Dublin . The regius professorship was in 1761 by King George III. donated. In addition to this Regius Professorship for Greek Language and Culture, there are three other Regius Professorships, the Regius Professorship of Greek at the University of Oxford , the Regius Professorship of Greek at the University of Cambridge and the Regius Professorship of Greek at the University of Aberdeen .

Chair holder (selection)

Surname	name suffix	from	to	annotation
Theaker Wilder	DD	1761	1764
John Stokes	DD	1764	1765
Henry Dabzac	DD	1766
James Drought	DD	1778
George Hall	BD	1790
Arthur Brown	LL.D.	1792	1795	In 1785, Brown was appointed Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College. He only took over the professorship for Greek on a temporary basis (see below).
George Hall	DD	1795	1796	The later Provost of Trinity College and then Bishop of Dromore held several professorships, including history (1791) and mathematics (1799).
John Barrett	DD	1796	1797	Barrett was known for his eccentricity, spoke Latin and Greek fluently, but barely a sentence of grammatically correct English.
Arthur Brown	LL.D.	1797	1799	see 1792 to 1795
Matthew Young	DD	1799	1800
F. Hodgkinson	LL.D.	1800	1801
Arthur Brown	LL.D.	1801	1805	see 1792 to 1795
F. Hodgkinson	LL.D.	1806	1807
Robert Phipps	LL.D.	1807	1809
William Magee	DD	1809	1810
Richard Graves	DD	1810	1811
Robert Phipps	LL.D.	1811	1813
Thomas Prior	DD	1813	1820
Bartholomew Lloyd	DD	1821	1821
Thomas Prior	DD	1822	1822
Bartholomew Lloyd	DD	1823	1823
Thomas Prior	DD	1824	1824
Bartholomew Lloyd	DD	1825	1828
Thomas Prior	DD	1829	1832
Franc Sadleir	DD	1833	1838
Henry Wray	DD	1838	1842
Richard MacDonnell	DD	1843	1851
Thomas Luby	DD	1852	1854
Thomas Stack	MA	1855	1865
John K. Ingram	LL.D.	1866	1879
Robert Yelverton Tyrrell	MA, Litt.D.	1880	1898
John Bagnell Bury	MA	1898	1902	* 1861, † 1927; Ancient historian and philologist from Ireland
Owner unknown		1902	1915
Josiah Gilbart Smyly		1915	1927
John Kells Ingram				* 1823, † 1907, Irish poet, economist and historian
William Bedell Stanford		1940	1980
John M. Dillon		1980	2006
Brian McGing		2006

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Established Chairs ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of Trinity College, Dublin; Retrieved July 24, 2014.  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af} Dublin University Calendar for the Year 1900 . Dublin University Press, Hodges, Figgis, and Co .; Longmans, Green, and Co., London 1900.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Beaver Henry Blacker:  Hall, George (1753-1811) . In: Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (Eds.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 24:  Hailes - Harriott. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1890 (English).
4. ^ ^{A b c d} Arthur Henry Grant:  Browne, Arthur . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 7:  Brown - Burthogge. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1886 (English).
5. ^ ^{A b} Preston Bruce Austin:  Barrett, John (1753-1821) . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 3:  Baker - Beadon. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1885 (English).
6. ^ The Dublin University Calendar for the Year 1916–1917 . (PDF) Longmans, Green, and Co., London / New York / Bombay 1917.
7. ↑ Personnel list ( Memento of the original from May 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Irish educational institutions; Ireland Empire and Education on irelandempire.ie; Retrieved April 29, 2016.