Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity (Oxford)
The Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity is a senior professorship in Christ Church of the University of Oxford.
It was founded from the benefaction of Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509), mother of Henry VII. As of 2014, the professorship's holders have all been ordained priests, though the post is now open to lay members.[1]
Holders (incomplete list)
- 1540-1549 Hugh Weston[2]
- 1561 Francis Babington[3]
- 1564 James Calfhill[4]
- 1565-1594 Edward Cradock[5]
- 1613-1614 Sebastian Benefield[6]
- 1627 Samuel Fell[7]
- 1638 Thomas Laurence[7][8]
- 1648-1652 Francis Cheynell[9]
- 1652 Henry Wilkinson[7]
- 1660 Thomas Barlow[10]
- 1676 John Hall[7][11]
- 1691 Henry Maurice[7]
- 1691-1705 Thomas Sykes[7]
- 1705-1716 John Wynne[7]
- 1715-1728 William Delaune[7]
- 1728-1768 Thomas Jenner[7]
- 1768-1783 Thomas Randolph[7]
- 1783-1798 Timothy Neve[12]
- 1798-1827 Septimus Collinson[13]
- 1827-1840 Godfrey Faussett[7]
- 1853-1895 Charles Abel Heurtley[14]
- 1895-1919 William Sanday
- 1919-1927 Walter Lock
- 1927-1943 N. P. Williams
- 1944-1968 Frank Leslie Cross
- 1970-1986 John Macquarrie
- 1986-1991 Rowan Williams[15]
- 1996-2003 John Bainbridge Webster
- 2004-2013 George Pattison[16]
- 2013- Vacant
See also
- Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge
- List of professorships at the University of Oxford.
References
- Aston, T. H. The History of the University of Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994.
Notes
- ↑ Job Description and Selection Criteria, Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity, Christ Church, Oxford
- ↑
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Weston, Hugh". Dictionary of National Biography 60. London: Smith, Elder & Co. - ↑ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Babington, Francis". Dictionary of National Biography 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Calfhill, James". Dictionary of National Biography 8. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Cradock, Edward". Dictionary of National Biography 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Benefield, Sebastian". Dictionary of National Biography 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35289
- ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Laurence, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Cheynell, Francis". Dictionary of National Biography 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Barlow, Thomas (1607-1691)". Dictionary of National Biography 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). "Hall, John (1633-1710)". Dictionary of National Biography 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Neve, Timothy (1724-1798)". Dictionary of National Biography 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Collinson, Septimus". Dictionary of National Biography 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "Heurtley, Charles Abel". Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement) 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/73
- ↑ http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/college/profile/academics/george-pattison