Regius Professor of Greek (Oxford)

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The Regius Professorship of Greek is a professorship at the University of Oxford.

The chair was founded by Henry VIII in 1546.

[edit] List of holders

• George Etherege 1547-1550, 1554-1559
• John Harmar or Harmer, 1650-c.1660
• Humphrey Hody 1698-?
• Dr. Miller 18C
• Edward Thwaytes 1708-1711
• John Fanshawe -1741
• Shaw 1741-
• William Jackson (bishop)
• Thomas Gaisford 1811-?
• Benjamin Jowett 1855-1893
• Ingram Bywater 1893–1908
• Gilbert Murray 1908-1936
• E. R. Dodds 1936-
• Hugh Lloyd-Jones 1960-1989
• Peter Parsons 1989-2003
• Christopher Pelling 2003-

[edit] Sources

• Concise Dictionary of National Biography
  • Etherege, Harmer, Hody

[edit] See also

• Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge)
• Regius Professor of Greek (Trinity)