Regius Professor of Hebrew

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

List of Regius Professors of Hebrew at 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:

List of Regius Professors of Hebrew at 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:

In the 20th century, Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver twice acted as deputy professor during vacancies (1934, 1959). He was ineligible to hold the chair outright, as he was a layman and the chair was attached to an (Anglican) canonry of Christ Church, thus requiring the holder to be in holy orders.[4]

References

  1. ^ Robert Gordon at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
  2. ^ Obituary by H.G.M. Williamson
  3. ^ Hugh Williamson, Christ Church, Oxford.
  4. ^ J. A. Emerton, 'Driver, Sir Godfrey Rolles (1892–1975)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.