Regius Professor of Hebrew

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The Regius Professorship of Hebrew, founded by Henry VIII, a professorship at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities.

[edit] Regius Professors of Hebrew: Cambridge

The chair was founded by Henry VIII in 1540 with a stipend of £40 per year, subsequently increased in 1848 by a canonry of Ely Cathedral. The chair has been held by:

  • Thomas Wakefield (1540)
  • Paulus Fagius (1549)
  • Johannes Immanuel Tremellius (1550)
  • Antoine Rodolphe Chevallier (1569)
  • Philippe Bignon (1572)
  • Edward Lively (1575)
  • Robert Spaldinge (1605)
  • Geoffrey Kynge (1607)
  • Andrew Byng (1608)
  • Robert Metcalfe (1622?)
  • Ralph Cudworth (1645)
  • Wolfram Stubbe (1688)
  • James Talbot (1699)
  • Henry Sike (1705)
  • Philip Bouquett (1712)
  • Thomas Harrison (1748)
  • Charles Torriano (1753)
  • William Disney (1757)
  • William Collier (1771)
  • John Porter (1790)
  • Henry Lloyd (1795)
  • Samuel Lee (1831)
  • William Hodge Mill (1848)
  • Thomas Jarrett (1854)
  • Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick (1882)
  • Robert Hatch Kennett (1903)
  • Stanley Arthur Cook (1932)
  • David Winton Thomas (1938)
  • John Adney Emerton (1968)
  • Robert Patterson Gordon (1995)

[edit] Regius Professors of Hebrew: Oxford

The chair was founded by Henry VIII in 1546. In 1630 a canonry of Christ Church was perpetually annexed to the professorship, through the influence of Archbishop Laud.

Incomplete list:

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