MacDowell Professor of Greek
The Professorship of Greek is a chair at the University of Glasgow. Following a bequest by Douglas MacDowell, the chair was renamed the MacDowell Professor of Greek in his honour.
History
[edit]Under the Nova Erectio of King James VI of Scotland the teaching of Greek at the University of Glasgow in Scotland was the responsibility of the Regents (university teachers).[1] From 1581 one of the Regents was sometimes given the title Professor of Greek.[2] The Professorship was more formally established in 1704.[3]
Following the retirement of Douglas MacDowell in 2001, the University opted to let the Chair of Greek lapse. However, upon his MacDowell's death the University received a bequest from his estate of over £2 million. The money was used to re-establish the chair, with the first incumbent of the Macdowell Chair in Greek appointed in 2012.[4]
List of Professors of Greek
[edit]The following have held the post:
Professor of Greek
- Alexander Dunlop MA LLD (1704–1746)
- James Moore MA LLD (1746–1774)
- John Young MA (1774–1821)
- Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford MA DCL MP (1821–1838)
- Edmund Law Lushington MA LLD (1838–1875)
- Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb MA LLD LittD FBA (1875–1889)
- George Gilbert Aime Murray MA FBA (1889–1899)
- John Swinnerton Phillimore MA LLD LittD (1899–1906)
- Gilbert Austin Davies MA (1906–1934)
- William Rennie CBE MA LLD DLitt (1934–1946)
- Arnold Wycombe Gomme MA LLD FBA (1946–1957)
- Donald James Allan MA FBA (1957–1971)
- Douglas Maurice MacDowell MA MLitt DLitt FRSE FBA (1971–2001)[5]
MacDowell Professor of Greek
- Jan Stenger (2012–2022?)
- Andrew Morrison (2023–present) [6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Teaching at the University to 1914". The University of Glasgow Story. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Moss, Michael; Rankin, Moira; Richmond, Lesley (2001). Who, Where and When: The History & Constitution of the University of Glasgow (PDF). University of Glasgow. p. 101. ISBN 0852617348.
- ^ "Professorships: Greek (MacDowell Chair)". The University of Glasgow Story. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "University of Glasgow revives Chair of Greek with £2.4m bequest". University of Glasgow. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Biography of Douglas Maurice MacDowell". The University of Glasgow Story. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Staff profile: Andrew Morrison". Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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