Regius Professor of Hebrew (Oxford)
Edward Pococke, bust in the cathedral of a 17th-century professor
Edward Bouverie Pusey, professor for more than fifty years, 1828 to 1882
The Regius Professorship of Hebrew in the University of Oxford is a professorship at the University of Oxford, founded by Henry VIII in 1546.
In 1630, through the influence of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, a canonry of Christ Church was perpetually annexed to the professorship.
List of Regius Professors
Incomplete list:
- 1546 or 1547 Thomas Harding[1]
- 1548 Richard Bruerne[2]
- 1559 Thomas Neale
- 1569 Thomas Kingsmill[3]
- 1591 John Harding[4]
- 1598 William Thorne[5]
- 1604 John Harding (again)
- 1610 Richard Kirby
- 1621 Edward Meetkerke[6]
- 1626 John Morris
- 1648 Edward Pococke[7]
- 1691 Roger Altham
- 1697 Thomas Hyde[8]
- 1702 Roger Altham (again)
- 1715 Robert Clavering[9]
- 1747 Thomas Hunt
- 1774 Richard Brown[10]
- 1780 George Jubb
- 1787 Benjamin Blayney
- 1802 Joseph White
- 1814 Richard Laurence
- 1822 Alexander Nicoll[11]
- 1828–1882 Edward Bouverie Pusey[12]
- 1883 Samuel Rolles Driver
- 1914 G. A. Cooke
- 1934 Godfrey Rolles Driver (acting)[13]
- 1936 Herbert Danby
- 1954 Cuthbert Aikman Simpson
- 1959 Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver (acting, second term)[13]
- 1960 William Duff McHardy
- 1978–89 James Barr[14]
- 1992 Hugh Williamson[15]
- 2014 Jan Joosten[16]
Godfrey Rolles Driver twice served as acting professor during vacancies, in 1934–1935 and 1959–1960. However, he was not eligible to hold the chair outright, as he was a layman and the chair was attached to an Anglican canonry of Christ Church, requiring the holder to be in holy orders.[13]
References
- ↑
"Thomas Harding". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. - ↑ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Bruerne, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Kingsmill, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ "John Harding (HRDN584J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Thorne, William (1568?-1630)". Dictionary of National Biography 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Gordon Goodwin, 'Meetkerke, Edward (1590–1657), divine', in Dictionary of National Biography (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1894)
- ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Pococke, Edward". Dictionary of National Biography 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ "Hyde, Thomas (HD652T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 5330. p. 1. 17–21 May 1715.
- ↑ Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886, Volume I: A–D, p. 175: "Brown, Richard"
- ↑ R. S. Simpson, 'Nicoll, Alexander', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ↑ 'Pusey, Edward Bouverie', in Encyclopædia Britannica (1911 edition)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 J. A. Emerton, 'Driver, Sir Godfrey Rolles (1892–1975)' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ↑ H. G. M. Williamson, Obituary of James Barr at guardian.co.uk
- ↑ Hugh Williamson, Christ Church, Oxford, at chch.ox.ac.uk
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regius-professor-of-hebrew-oxford-university-jan-joosten https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regius-professor-of-hebrew-oxford-university-jan-joosten].