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)
1800–03 Thomas Hardcastle
1803–08 James Ingram (1774–1850)
1808–12 John Josias Conybeare (1779–1824)
1812–16 Charles Dyson (1788–1860)
1827–29 Arthur Johnson
1829–34 Francis Pearson Walesby (1798–1858)
1834–39 Robert Meadows White (1798–1865)
1839–44 Henry Bristow Wilson (1803–1888)
1844–49 William Edward Buckley (1817–1892)
1849–54 John Earle (1824–1903)
1854–58 vacant

1858–76 Joseph Bosworth (1789–1876)
1876–1903 John Earle (1824–1903)
1903–16 Arthur Napier (1853–1916)
1916–25 Sir William Craigie (1867–1957)
1925–45 J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973)
1946–63 Charles Leslie Wrenn (1895–1969)
1963–74 Alistair Campbell (1907–1974)
1974–77 vacant
1977–91 Eric Stanley (born 1923)
1991–2013 Malcolm Godden (born 1945)
2013 onwards Andy Orchard (born 1964)

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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