Regius Professor of Hebrew (Oxford)
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
[edit]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 Kilby
- 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
- 1978–1989 James Barr[14]
- 1992 Hugh G. M. Williamson[15]
- 2014-2020 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] The university statutes were changed in 1960 to allow William McHardy, a Church of Scotland layman, to be appointed.[17]
The term of Jan Joosten was ended on 3 July 2020 in the wake of criminal charges for possessing images of child sexual abuse.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "John Harding (HRDN584J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 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). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Hyde, Thomas (HD652T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "No. 5330". The London Gazette. 17–21 May 1715. p. 1.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Simpson, R. S. "Nicoll, Alexander". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20171. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ 'Pusey, Edward Bouverie', in Encyclopædia Britannica (1911 edition)
- ^ a b c 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 Archived 2013-02-23 at the Wayback Machine, 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
- ^ "Professor W D McHardy". The Daily Telegraph. 15 May 2000. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Christ Church, Oxford: Update regarding Professor Jan Joosten". Retrieved 3 July 2020.