Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon

The Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, until 1916 known as the Rawlinsonian Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, was established by Richard Rawlinson of St. John's College, Oxford, in 1795. The Chair is associated with Pembroke College. 'Bosworth' was added to commemorate Joseph Bosworth.

Holders of the Chair

1795–1800 Charles Mayo (1767–1858)
1800–1803 Thomas Hardcastle
1803–1808 James Ingram (1774–1850)
1808–1812 John Josias Conybeare (1779–1824)
1812–1816 Charles Dyson (1788–1860)
1817–1822 Thomas Silver (d. 1853)
1822–1827 Charles John Ridley
1827–1829 Arthur Johnson
1829–1834 Francis Pearson Walesby (1798–1858)
1834–1839 Robert Meadows White (1798–1865)
1839–1844 Henry Bristow Wilson (1803–1888)
1844–1849 William Edward Buckley (1817–1892)

1849–1854 John Earle (1824–1903)
1854–1858 vacant
1858–1876 Joseph Bosworth (1789–1876)
1876–1903 John Earle (1824–1903)
1903–1916 Arthur Sampson Napier (1853–1916)
1916–1925 Sir William Alexander Craigie (1867–1957)
1925–1945 J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973)
1946–1963 Charles Leslie Wrenn (1895–1969)
1963–1974 Alistair Campbell (1907–1974)
1974–1977 vacant
1977–1991 Eric Gerald Stanley (1923– )
1991– Malcolm Reginald Godden (1945– )

Sources

The Historical Register of the University of Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888

Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon

Holders of the Chair

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