Professors
The title 'Professor' was originally of more general application, applying to any Doctor teaching in the university. A reminder of this is provided by the old title for the Doctor of Divinity: Sacrae Theologiae Professor -- teacher of holy theology. From the sixteenth century, however, it was applied to those holding posts -- 'chairs' -- some endowed by benefactions, often of land, others established by the University, in specific subjects. Many of the regulations governing Professorships were drawn together in 1861 under Statute B, with, of course, subsequent amendments. Within Statute B, chapter ix dealt with regulations for election, chapter xi with the residence and duties of Professors, and chapter vi with the University's powers to create professorships and with stipends. The statutes of 1926, which dealt with professorships under Statute D, chapters xiii to xv, standardised the stipends of professors elected after that date. Since about 1974, the university has, as the result of an annual exercise, appointed a number of its most distinguished academical officers to 'personal professorships' in their particular field of expertise (these may be distinguished in the list below by their carrying no details of establishment), but several of the established university professorships, like that of chemistry, had their origins in a personal professorship which was then continued.
The first five Regius (i.e. Royal) Professorships, in Divinity, Hebrew, Greek, Physic and Civil Law, were founded by Henry VIII in 1504; the sixth, in Modern History, by George I in 1724, and the seventh, in English Literature, in the name of Edward VII in 1910. On the initiative, and probably at the expense, of Thomas Lorkyn, Regius Professor of Physic, the Henrician Regius Professors were granted official arms and crests in 1590.
Aerial Photographic Studies, Professorship of
Established by grace of 13 June 1973 for Dr St Joseph, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Geography and Geology.
1973 Joseph, John Kenneth Sinclair St (retired 1980)
Aeronautical Engineering, Francis Mond Professorship of
Established by Grace of 16 May 1919 from a benefaction of £20,000 by Mr Emile Mond as a memorial to his son, Francis Mond, of Peterhouse, killed in action flying on the Western Front, 15 May 1918. The electors are the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Peterhouse, and eight persons elected by the Senate in accordance with Statute B.xi. Originally attached to the Special Board for Mathematics, the professorship was assigned on its creation in 1923 to the Special Board for Engineering Studies, and in 1927 to the Faculty of Engineering.
1919 Jones, Bennett Melvill, Sir (knighted 1942)
1952 Mair, William Austyn (retired 1983)
1986 Gaster, Michael
1995 Vacant
1996 Dawes, William Nicholas
Aerothermal Technology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 26 July 1989 for Dr Cumpsty. Lapsed in 1999 on the retirement of Professor Cumpsty in December. Re-established by Grace 3 of 22 March 2000.
1989 Cumpsty, Nicholas Alexander
2000 Hodson, Howard Peter
African History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Dr Iliffe.
1990 Iliffe, John
Agricultural Botany, Professorship of
Established by grace of 13 February 1908. In 1915 the University had the option of discontinuing the chair after Easter Term 1919, or earlier if the first holder were to vacate the office. It was renewed for ten years in 1919 and by grace of 15 June 1929 the regulation that the professorship should cease at the end of the Easter Term 1929 was rescinded. The original electors were the Council of the Senate. By grace of 4 June 1921 the professorship was transferred from the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry to the Special Board for Agriculture and Forestry.
1908 Biffen, Rowland Harry (retired 1931)
Agriculture, Drapers' Professorship of
Established by grace of 11 May 1899 from a benefaction provided by the Worshipful Company of Drapers. The original electors in were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Biology and Geology. In 1915 the University had the option of discontinuing the chair after Easter Term 1919. By grace of 15 June 1929 the regulation that the professorship should cease at the end of the Easter Term 1929 was rescinded. By grace of 4 June 1921 the professorship was transferred from the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry to the Special Board for Agriculture and Forestry and by grace of 28 May 1969 primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'A' with effect from 1 January 1970. The professorship was terminated by grace of 28 February with effect from 9 March 1990.
1899 Somerville, William
1902 Middleton, Thomas Hudson
1907 Wood, Thomas Barlow
1930 Engledow, Frank Leonard, Sir
1957 Hutchinson, Joseph Burtt, Sir
1969 Beament, James William Longman (retired 1989)
Algebraic Geometry, Professorship of
2000 Barron, Nicholas Ian Shepherd-
American History and Institutions, (Pitt) Professorship of
Established by grace of 5 February 1944 from a sum of £44,000 accepted from the Syndics of the Press in 1943. This sum was increased by a further £5000 from the Press in 1946. Tenure is for one year and the professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, but it is not governed by Statute G.i.5, relating to the quota of Professorial Fellowships of a College. By grace of 9 June 1951 the title of the chair was changed to the 'Pitt Professorship ....'.
1945 Perkins, Dexter
1946 No election
1947 Commager, Henry Steele
1948 Nichols, Roy Franklin
1949 Rostow, Walt Whitman
1950 Hicks, John Donald
1951 Gabriel, Ralph Henry
1952 Craven, Avery Odelle
1953 Edwards, Corwin D.
1954 Brebner, John Bartlet
1955 Easterbrook, William Thomas
1956 Kirkland, Edward Chase
1957 Freund, Paul Abraham
1958 Hofstadter, Richard
1959 Rostow, Eugene Victor
1960 Rossiter, Clinton Lawrence
1961 Blackmur, Richard Palmer
1962 Franklin, John Hope
1963 Blum, John Morton
1964 Boorstin, Daniel Joseph
1965 Cochran, Thomas Childs
1966 Blau, Peter Michael
1967 Hurst, James Willard
1968 Eaton, William Clement
1969 David, Henry
1970 Galenson, Walter
1971 May, Henry Farnham
1972 Janowitz, Morris
1973 McKitrick, Eric Louis
1974 Cox, Archibald
1975 Fogel, Robert William
1976 Genovese, Eugene Dominick
1977 David, Paul Allan
1978 Thernstrom, Stephen Albert
1979 Freidson, Eliot
1980 Foner, Eric
1981 North, Douglass Cecil
1982 Wood, Gordon Stewart
1983 Shklar, Judith N.
1984 Wiebe, Robert Huddleston
1985 Temin, Peter
1986 Bailyn, Bernard
1987 Bell, Daniel
1988 Kimball, Warren Forbes
1989 Rosenberg, Nathan
1990 Breen, Timothy Hall
1991 Vacant
1992 Gilligan, Carol (Professor in the Harvard Graduate School of Education; assigned to the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences)
1993 Holt, Michael Fitzgibbon (Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History, University of Virginia; assigned to the Faculty of History)
1994 Wright, Peter Gavin (Professor of Economics, Stanford University; assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics)
1995 Carter, Dan Thomas (William Rand Kenan Professor, Emory University; assigned to the Faculty of History)
1996 Reed, John (Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina; assigned to the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences)
1997 Frey, Sylvia R. (Professor of History, Tulane University; assigned to the Faculty of History)
1998 Engerman, Stanley Lewis (John H. Munro Professor of Economics, and of History, University of Rochester; assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics)
1999 Petterson, James Tyler (Fellow of Caius; assigned to the Faculty of History)
2000 Collins, Randall
American History, Paul Mellon Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 December 1980 from a gift of $1,000,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (with a further $250,000 to provide post-graduate fellowships in the subject). The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of History.
1982 Erickson, Charlotte (retired 1990)
1992 Badger, Anthony John (previously Senior Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle)
Established by grace of 23 May 1990 with effect from October 1990. Re-established by Grace 8 of 27 Oct. 1999.
1991 Jones, John Gareth (Professor of Anaesthesia, University of Leeds; retired 1999)
2000 Menon, David Krishna
Founded by the University in 1707. The stipend in 1915 was £600 per annum (or £400 if the professor holds a headship or a fellowship). The electors from the 1880s were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Medicine. By graces of 12 March 1920 the subjects assigned to the Professor were extended to include Vertebrate Anatomy and Embryology, in addition to Human Anatomy. Assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A'; by grace of 22 April 1927.
1707 Rolfe, George
1728-34 Morgan, John
1734 Cuthbert, George
1735 Bankes, Robert
1746 Gibson, William
1753-85 Collignon, Charles
1785 Harwood, Busick, Sir
1814-17 Haviland, John
1817-66 Clark, William
1866 Humphry, George Murray, Sir
1883 Macalister, Alexander
1920 Wilson, James Thomas
1934 Harris, Henry Albert
1951 Boyd, James Dixon
1968 Harrison, Richard John (retired 1982)
1984 Kuypers, Henricus Gerardus Johannes Maria (died 1989)
1992 Lund, Raymond Douglas (Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology, Anatomy, and Cell Science, University of Pittsburgh; resigned 1995)
1997 Harris, William Anthony (Professor of Biology, University of California at San Diego)
Ancient History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 27 October 1898. The original electors were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Classics.
1899 Reid, James Smith
1925 Adcock, Frank Ezra
1951 Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin
1970 Finley, Moses, Sir
1979 Crook, John Anthony (retired 1984)
1985 Hopkins, Morris Keith
1996 Sedley, David Neil (Laurence Professor, 2000)
1998 Schofield, Malcolm
Ancient Philosophy and Science, Professorship of
Established by grace of 18 May 1983 for Dr Lloyd; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Classics.
1983 Lloyd, Geoffrey Ernest Richard (retired 2000)
Ancient Philosophy, Laurence Professorship of
Established by grace of 5 December 1930 as one of the offices endowed by the bequest of Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Classics.
1931 Cornford, Francis Macdonald
1939 Hackforth, Reginald
1952 Guthrie, William Keith Chambers
1973 Owen, Gwilym Ellis Lane (died 1982)
1984 Burnyeat, Myles Fredric (resigned 1996)
1997 Striker, Gisela (George Martin Lane Professor of Philosophy and of the Classics, Harvard University; resigned 2000)
2000 Sedley, David Neil
Anglo-Saxon, Elrington and Bosworth Professorship of
Funded by the gift of Joseph Bosworth, Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, of the sum of £10,000 which was to accumulate until sufficiently large to yield a stipend of at least £500 a year. The chair was duly founded in 1878 and named for the donor and his wife, Anne Margaret Elliot, an enthusiastic promoter of the scheme, previously married to Col. Hamilton Elrington. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor, the Rawlinsonian Professor, the Masters of Trinity, Caius and Corpus Christi, the Regius Professors of Greek and Modern History, and the Professor of Sanskrit. Assigned by grace of 22 April 1927 to the Faculty of English, but transferred on 15 June 1927 to the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology. By grace of 27 April 1945 the Board of Electors were discharged and replaced by a Board constituted in Statute D.xiv.2.
1878 Skeat, Walter William
1912 Chadwick, Hector Munro (retired 1941)
1946 Dickins, Bruce
1957 Whitelock, Dorothy
1969 Clemoes, Peter Alan Martin (retired 1982)
1984 Page, Raymond Ian
1991 Lapidge, Michael (resigned, 31 December 1998)
1999 Keynes, Simon Douglas
Animal Ecology, Professorship of
1994 Brock, Timothy Hugh Clutton-
Animal Embryology, Charles Darwin Professorship of
Established by grace of 16 November 1966 for Dr Austin and limited to one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. Re-established by grace of 3 June 1982 for Dr Lasky, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1967 Austin, Colin Russell (retired 1981)
1982 Lasky, Ronald Alfred
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for Dr Thorpe and limited to one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1965-69 Thorpe, William Homan
Animal Mechanics, Professorship of
1999 Ellington, Charles Porter
Animal Morphology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 11 May 1882 for the tenure of the first holder, who died in the year of his election. (The University did not exercise its option to continue the chair at this time.)
1882 Balfour, Francis Maitland
Animal Pathology, Professorship of
Founded with a grant of £30,000 from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries as a first step towards the creation of an Institute for Research in the Pathology of Animal Diseases. The Professor was elected for five years in the first instance, and Buxton was re-appointed in 1928. The regulation that the tenure be for five years in the first instance was rescinded by grace of 20 February 1937. The chair was assigned to the Special Board for Agriculture and Forestry, then, by grace of 19 March 1969, primarily to the Faculty of Medicine. On 1 January 1975 transferred to the Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies. Temporarily discontinued on 1 October 1975 with the retirement of Professor Beveridge. Lapsed on the retirement of Professor Soulsby.
1923 Buxton, James Basil (resigned 1936)
1937 Dalling, Thomas (resigned 1942)
1947 Beveridge, William Ian Beardmore (retired 1975)
1978 Soulsby, Ernest Jackson Lawson (retired (as Lord Soulsby) 1993)
Animal Welfare, Colleen Macleod Professorship of
Established by grace of 26 February 1986.
Anthropological Science, Professorship of
1991 MacFarlane, Alan Donald James
Applied Economics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 30 July 1980 for Hon. W. A. H. Godley; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of Applied Economics.
1980 Godley, Wynne Alexander Hugh, Hon. (retired 1993)
1988 Newbery, David Michael Garrood
Applied Mathematics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 20 May 1964. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1964 Batchelor, George Keith (retired 1983)
1986 Crighton, David George (died, 2000)
Applied Numerical Analysis, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
Established by grace of 23 October 1974; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Mathamatics.
1976 Powell, Michael James David
Applied Physics, Professorship of
1994 Field, John Edwin
Applied Thermodynamics, (2000) Professorship of
2000 Collings, Nicholas
Applied Thermodynamics, Hopkinson and Imperial Chemical Industries Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 February 1950, largely from a the endowment fund of the proposed Hopkinson Professorship in Thermodynamics and a gift from ICI Ltd of £50,000, less tax, spread over the seven years 1949 to 1955. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Engineering.
1951 Hawthorne, William Rede, Sir
1980 Shercliff, John Arthur (died 1983)
1985 Bray, Kenneth Noel Corbett (retired 1997)
1998 Young, John Bernard
Arabic, Sir Thomas Adams' Professorship of
Founded in 1632 by Mr, later Sir, Thomas Adams at a stipend of £40 payable by the Drapers' Company, and augmented by the bequest of the Rev. John Palmer, B.D., Professor 1804-19, of £1000. The Professorship was, for most of the eighteenth century, held in conjunction with the Lord Almoner's Readership/Professorship, the stipend of neither being held to be singly adequate. Temporarily discontinued by grace of 17 February 1982.
1632 Wheelock, Abraham
1666 Castell, Edmund
1685 Luke, John
1702 Wright, Charles
1711 Ockley, Simon
1720 Chappelow, Leonard (Lord Almoner's Reader, 1729)
1768 Hallifax, Samuel (Lord Almoner's Reader, 1768)
1770 Craven, William [1] (Lord Almoner's Reader, 1770)
1795 Carlyle, Joseph Dacre
1804 Palmer, John [2]
1831 Jarrett, Thomas
1854 Williams, Henry Griffin
1870 Wright, William
1889 Smith, William Robertson
1894 Rieu, Charles Pierre Henri
1902 Browne, Edward Granville
1918 Lee, Samuel
1926 Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne
1933 Storey, Charles Ambrose
1947 Arberry, Arthur John (died 1969)
1970 Serjeant, Robert Bertram (retired 1982)
1985 Lyons, Malcolm Cameron
1996 Khalidi, Tarif Ahmad Samih (previously Professor of History, American University of Beirut)
Arabic, The Lord Almoner's Professorship/Readership of
Instituted in 1724. The Professor, or Reader, was appointed by the Lord Almoner and paid out of Almonry bounty. He was obliged to give at least one public lecture a year. On the death of A. A. Bevan in 1933 the professorship lapsed in accordance with a recommendation to that effect approved by the King in Council on 20 November 1904.
1724 Wilkins, David
1729 Chappelow, Leonard
1768-70 Hallifax, Samuel
1770 Craven, William [1]
1815-21 Renouard, George Cecil
1821-37 Musgrave, Thomas
1837 Robinson, Thomas [2]
1855 Preston, Theodore
1871 Palmer, Edward Henry
1883 Smith, William Robertson
1886 Falconer, Ion Grant Neville Keith-, Hon.
1887 Bensly, Robert Lubbock
1893 Bevan, Anthony Ashley (d. 1933)
Archaeological Science, George Pitt-Rivers Professorship of
Established by grace of 21 June 1989.
Archaeology, (1996) Professorship of
1996 Hodder, Ian Richard
Archaeology, Disney Professorship of
Founded in 1851 by John Disney, who also presented a valuable collection of marbles. The appointment rested with the founder during his lifetime, and in 1915 was vested in the Vice-Chancellor and the Heads of Houses. It was for a period of five years, renewable. The Professorship was assigned to the Special Board for History and Archaeology. By grace of 4 June 1927 the professorship was brought within the general regulations for professorships (Statute D) and was assigned principally to the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology.
1851 Marsden, John Howard
1865 Babington, Churchill
1880 Gardner, Percy
1887 Browne, George Forrest
1892 Ridgeway, William, Sir (d. 1926)
1927 Minns, Ellis Hovell, Sir
1939 Garrod, Dorothy Annie Elizabeth (first woman professor at Cambridge)
1952 Clark, John Grahame Douglas
1974 Daniel, Glyn Edmund
1981 Renfrew, Andrew Colin (Lord Renfrew)
Architecture, (1995) Professorship of
1995 Saint, Andrew John (previously of the London Division of English Heritage)
Architecture, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 December 1955 for one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Fine Arts (re-named by grace of 11 February 1970 the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art). By grace of 3 December 1969 the professorship was established on a permanent basis with effect from 1 January 1970.
1956 Martin, John Leslie, Sir
1973 Howell, William Gough
1975 Wilson, Colin Alexander St John
1989 Carolin, Peter Burns (retired 2000)
Asian Anthropology, Professorship of
1998 Humphrey, Caroline
Astronomy (and Experimental Philosophy), Plumian Professorship of
Founded in 1704 in pursuance of the will of Thomas Plume, D.D., and endowed with the rent of an estate at Balsham, Cambs. The bequest was to cover the cost of the erection of an observatory, and the stipend, residence and instruments of the professor. The stipend was increased in 1768 by the bequest of Robert Smith, second holder of the chair, conditional on the professor assisting in the examinations for the annual Smith prizes founded at the same time. By a statute of 7 March 1860 the stipend was augmented by one eighth of the net annual income of Lady Sadleir's foundation for algebra lectures (for which see under Pure Mathematics, Sadleirian Professorships). The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Mathematics. By a Statute approved in 1934 the title of the chair was changed from 'Astronomy' to 'Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy'. By grace of 27 October 1971 assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1707 Cotes, Roger
1716-60 Smith, Robert
1760 Shepherd, Anthony
1796 Vince, Samuel
1822 Woodhouse, Robert
1828 Airy, George Biddell, Sir
1836 Challis, James
1883 Darwin, George Howard, Sir
1913 Eddington, Arthur Stanley, Sir (died 1944)
1946 Jeffreys, Harold, Sir
1958 Hoyle, Fred, Sir
1973 Rees, Martin John, Sir (resigned as from 31 Dec. 1991)
1993 Ellis, Richard Salisbury (previously Professor of Astronomy, University of Durham. Resigned as from 31 Dec. 1999)
2000 Vacant
Astronomy and Geometry, Lowndean Professorship of
Founded in 1740 by Thomas Lowndes of Overton in Cheshire, and endowed with estates in that area. Under the original will the electors were the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Privy Council, and Lord Privy Seal, the Lord High Treasurer of the First Lord of the Treasury (should it be in Commission) and the Lord Steward of the Household. The original statutes required the professor to reside for the major part of each term, or for two whole terms in each academical year, and to give two courses of twenty lectures each, one in astronomy and one in geometry. He was also to make astronomical observations for six weeks in every year. In 1915 the stipend was £800 a year, abating £200 for Heads and Fellows. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor, the Presidents of the Royal Society and of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Astronomer Royal and the Lucasian, Plumian and Sadleirian Professors; if there were no clear majority the election rested with the Chancellor supported by the concurrence of any three of the electors. By grace of 3 March 1928 the electors were constituted in accordance with Statute D.xiv.2.
1750-71 Long, Roger
1771 Smith, John [6]
1795 Lax, William
1837 Peacock, George
1859 Adams, John Couch
1892 Ball, Robert Stawell, Sir
1914 Baker, Henry Frederick
1936 Hodge, William Vallance Douglas, Sir
1970 Adams, John Frank (with leave to defer taking up his duties until Oct. 1971) (died 1989)
1990 Segal, Graeme Bryce (resigned 1999)
2000 Totaro, Burt James
Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, Professorship of
2000 Proctor, Michael Richard Edward
Astrophysics and Cosmology, Professorship of
Astrophysics, (1996) Professorship of
1996 Bell, Donald Lynden-
Astrophysics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 13 May 1909 but attracting no stipend for the tenure of the first holder, Hugh Frank Newall, whose father presented the university with a large equatorial telescope. An anonymous benefaction, adopted by grace of 7 March 1913, provided a stipend of £800 a year, with the usual abatement of £200 for Fellows or Heads of Houses. The donor, in the event, paying a sum of £12,000 to the University in 1928, which was invested to provide an income for the Professor not exceeding £1320 a year. The Professor is ex officio Director of the Solar Physics Observatory.
1909 Newall, Hugh Frank
1928 Stratton, Frederick John Marrian
1947 Redman, Roderick Oliver
1972 Bell, Donald Lynden- (appointed to a Professorship of Astrophysics (1996))
1997 Efstathiou, George Petros (previously Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford)
Atmospheric Dynamics, Professorship of
1993 McIntyre, Michael Edgeworth
Atmospheric Science, Professorship of
2000 Pyle, John Adrian
Auditory Perception, Professorship of
1995 Moore, Brian Cecil Joseph
BBV Foundation Visiting Professorship
Established by grace of 7 May 1992 from a benefaction by the Bank of BilbaoVizcaya. Elections to BBV Foundation Visiting Fellowships for 'younger academics' were announced from time to time in Reporter.
1993 Hernando, A. (Professor in the Institute of Applied Magnetism, Complutensian University of Madrid; assigned to Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy)
1994 Alberich, P. (Director of the Museum of Natural History, Madrid)
1995 Pou, P. Jauralde (Professor of Spanish Literature in the Universidad Autonoma of Madrid; assigned to Department of Spanish and Portuguese)
1995 Urena, A. Gonzalez- (Professor of Physical Chemistry in the Complutensian University of Madrid; assigned to Department of Chemistry)
1996 Morales, I. de Sola- (Professor of Architectural History, University of Barcelona; assigned to Department of Architecture)
1996 Tagle, G. Tenorio-
1996 Velarde, M.G. (Professor of Physics in the University of Madrid; assigned to Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics)
1997 Ramon, Jose Luis García- (Professor of Greek Philology, University of Madrid; assigned to the Faculty of Classics)
2000 Arellano, M.
2000 Morales, I. de Sola- (Professor of Architectural History, University of Barcelona; assigned to Department of Architecture)
2000 Vidal, F. (Professor of Physics, University of Santiago de Compostela; assigned to the Department of Physics)
Behavioural Ecology, Professorship of
Behavioural Neuroscience, Professorship of
1997 Everitt, Barry John
1998 Keverne, Eric Barrington
Biochemical Engineering, Professorship of
Biochemistry, Professorship of (Sir William Dunn)
Established by grace of 6 November 1914 in accordance with the provisions of Statute B.VI.3, and suppressed on the endowment of the Sir William Dunn Professorship from a benefaction of £165,000 from the Dunn Trustees in 1921. The professorship was originally assigned to the Special Board for Biology and Geology, and from 22 April 1927 to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, was the first Sir William Dunn Professor.
1914 Hopkins, Frederick Gowland, Sir
1943 Chibnall, Albert Charles
1949 Young, Frank George, Sir
1975 Kornberg, Hans Leo
1995 Blundell, Thomas Leon, Sir (previously Director of the International School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, London, and Chief Executive of the
Biotechnology and Biology Research Council)
Biological Chemistry, Professorship of
1910-12 Punnett, Reginald Crundall
1991 Ashburner, Michael
Biology, Quick Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1906 in pursuance of the will of Frederick James Quick. One tenth of the sum bequeathed was to establish a research fund. Elections to the chair were to be held every three years, the holder being permitted to be a candidate. The Professor was, during the university's pleasure, to devote himself principally to the study of Protozoa; he was not obliged to lecture in more than one term of the year, but was to present annually, to a Board of Managers, a report on the work achieved in his laboratory. Election rested with the Board of Managers, comprising the Vice-Chancellor and six persons elected by the Senate, three being nominated by the Council of the Senate and three by the Special Board for Biology and Geology. The chair was assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A' by grace of 22 April 1927. By grace of 22 May 1931 the words 'biology of the cell' were substituted for the word 'parasitology' in regulation 8 for the professorship, and there were further amendments by grace 11 of 10 February 1934. By grace of 22 July 1964 the limitation of tenure to three years was rescinded, and the election transferred from the Managers of the Quick Fund to the Council of the Senate and the General Board. By grace of 16 February 1966 the professorship was assigned, for Professor Coombs' tenure, to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1906 Nuttall, George Henry Falkiner
1932 Keilin, David
1952 Wigglesworth, Vincent Brian, Sir
1966-88 Coombs, Robin Royston Amos
1988 Wylie, Christopher Craig (resigned 1994)
1995 Jackson, Stephen Philip
2000 Edwards, Anthony William Fairbank
Bioorganic Chemistry, Professorship of
1995 Kirby, Anthony John
Biophysics, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
By grace of 5 June 1968 the Professorship of Colloid Science was continued in the subject of Biophysics, and, by grace of 3 December 1969, assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. On Professor Hodgkin's retirement the professorship lapsed, and was replaced on the Plummer foundation by the professorship of Cell Biology.
1970 Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd, Sir (retired 1981)
Biotechnology, Professorship of
1999 Lowe, Christopher Robin (Director of the Institute of Biotechnology)
Founded by the University on 10 November 1724. In 1793 the Professor received a patent from George III, with a stipend of £200 a year, and this was continued for his successors. In 1857 the obligation was taken over by the University. The stipend in 1915 was £700, bating £200 for Heads and Fellows. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Biology and Geology. The chair was assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A' by grace of 22 April 1927.
1724 Bradley, Richard
1733 Martyn, John
1762 Martyn, Thomas
1825 Henslow, John Stevens
1861 Babington, Charles Cardale
1895 Ward, Harry Marshall
1906 Seward, Albert Charles, Sir
1936 Brooks, Frederick Tom
1948 Briggs, George Edward
1960 Godwin, Harry, Sir
1968 Brian, Percy Wragg
1977 West, Richard Gilbert
1991 Rees, Thomas ap (died, Oct. 1996)
1998 Leigh, Roger Allen (previously Head of the Biochemistry and Physiology Department, Institute of Arable Crop Research, Rothamsted)
British and Irish History, Professorship of
Cancer Research, Ursula Zoellner Professorship of
Established by grace of 29 January 1997 from a benefaction
1998 Ventikaraman, Ashok Ramakrishnan (previously Research Group Leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
Cardiovascular Medicine, British Heart Foundation Professorship of
Establsined by grace of 20 July 1994
Cell Biology, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 June 1982 for Dr Gurdon, as from 1 October 1983; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
Cell Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1978 for Lord Adrian; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1978 Adrian, Edgar Douglas Lord Adrian (retired 1992)
Cellular Pathology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 13 June 1973 for Dr Dixon, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1973 Dixon, Kendal Cartwright (retired 1978)
Chemical Biology, Professorship of
1999 Staunton, James
Chemical Engineering Science, Professorship of
1999 Gladden, Lynn Faith
Chemical Engineering, (1999) Professorship of
Established by grace of 6 May 1999
2000 Slater, Nigel Kenneth Harry (previously Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Aston)
Chemical Engineering, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 June 1975 for Dr Davidson; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of Chemical Engineering.
1975 Davidson, John Frank (elected to the Shell Professorship in 1978)
Chemical Engineering, Shell Professorship of
Established by grace of 8 June 1945 from a sum of £62,200 accepted from the Shell Group of Oil Companies by grace of 2 March of that year. The initial establishment was for seven years. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes.
1946 Fox, Terence Robert Corelli
1959 Danckwerts, Peter Victor (retired 1977)
1978 Davidson, John Frank
1993 Bridgwater, John (previously Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham)
Chemical Microbiology, Professorship of
Established for Dr E. F. Gale by grace of 30 July 1960, for one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1960 Gale, Ernest Frederick (retired 1981)
Chemical Physics, Professorship of
1999 Elliott, Stephen Richard
2000 Klinowski, Jacek
Chemistry, Alexander Todd Visiting Professorship of
Established by grace of 26 July 1972 and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1973 Woodward, Robert Burns
1974 Prelag, Vlado
1975 Westheimer, Frank Henry
1976 Schmid, Hans
1979 Stork, Gilbert
1981 Arigoni, Duilo E. (25 May -- 15 June)
1981 Eschenmöser, Albert (4-24 May)
1982 Breslow, Ronald
1984 Lehn, Jean-Marie
1985:6 Cotton, Frank Albert (1 Oct. -- 15 Nov. 1985 and 1 May -- 14 June 1986)
1986 Still, W. C.
1987 Vacant
1988 Dervan, P.B.
1989 Vacant
1990 Dunitz, Jack David
1994 Overman, Larry Eugene (Professor of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine)
1996-97 Marcus, Rudolph Arthur (Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry, University of North Carolina)
1997-98 Rao, Chintamani Nages Ramachandra
1999 Benkovic, Stephen J. (Professor of Chemistry at Pennsylvania State University)
1999-2000 Yates, John T. (R. K. Mellon Professor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh)
Chemistry, Professorship of (1702)
Founded by the University in 1702 partly in recognition of the teaching which had been given privately in Cambridge by Vigani since 1683. There was, however, initially no stipend; one of £100 was provided by the Crown from 1766 to 1856 when the obligation was finally shouldered by the University. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry. By grace of 26 February 1943 the title of the chair was changed to 'Organic Chemistry', q.v.
1703 Vigani, Giovanni Francisco
1713-17 Waller, John
1718 Mickleburgh (Mickleborough, Micklebourgh), John
1756 Hadley, John
1764 Watson, Richard [1] T
1773-93 Pennington, Isaac, Sir
1794 Farish, William
1813 Tennant, Smithson
1815 Cumming, James
1861 Liveing, George Downing
1908 Pope, William Jackson, Sir (d. 1939)
Chemistry, Professorship of (1968)
Established by grace 5 of 15 May 1968, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, and primarily assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1969 Buckingham, Amyand David
1997 Hansen, Jean-Pierre (previously Professor and Director of the Laboratoire de Physique, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon)
Chemistry, Professorship of (1970)
Also by grace 5 of 15 May 1968 the professorship of Inorganic Chemistry, established for one tenure in 1946, was replaced, with effect from 1 October 1970, with a professorship of Chemistry. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1970 Lewis, Jack
1995 Johnson, Brian Frederick Gilbert (previously Crum Brown Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Edinburgh)
Chemotherapy, Professorship of
1999 Waring, Michael John
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 26 February 1992
1992 Goodyer, Ian Michael
Chinese (Language and History), Professorship of
Established by grace of 24 February 1933 (thus replacing the Professorship of Chinese) for a single tenure, unless the University should in the meantime decide otherwise. About three-quarters of the stipend was contributed by the Universities' China Committee in London. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Oriental Languages. By grace of 13 May 1938 it was decided that the professorship should terminate with the tenure of the second holder, unless the University should determine otherwise during his term of office or within six months of a casual vacancy. By grace of 8 November 1952 the professorship was continued for one further tenure and the title changed to the Professorship of Chinese. The professorship was established on a permanent basis by grace of 27 July 1966 with effect from 1 October 1966.
1933 Moule, Arthur Christopher
1938 Haloun, Gustav (died 1951)
1953 Pulleyblank, Edwin George (resigned 1966)
1968 Twitchett, Denis Crispin (resigned 1981)
1985 Dudbridge, Glen
1989 McMullen, David Lawrence
Chinese Management, Sinyi Professorship of
Established by grace of 12 March 1997 from a benefaction.
1997 Nolan, Peter Hugh
Established by grace of 9 February 1888 for the sole tenure of Sir Thomas Wade (d. 1895), who was willing to serve without stipend, but re-established in 1897. Discontinued by grace of 24 February 1933.
1888 Wade, Thomas Francis, Sir
1897 Giles, Herbert Allen (retired 6 December 1932)
1803 Cockburn, William, Sir
1810 Pearson, Edward
1811 D'Oyly, George
1816 Rennell, Thomas
1821 Lonsdale, John
1822 Hughes, Thomas Smart
1829 Rose, Hugh James
1833 Jeremie, James Amiraux
1834 Pearson, George
1839 Mill, William Hodge
1844 Worsley, Thomas
1850 Frere, John Alexander
1855 Hardwick, Charles
Civil Law, Regius Professor of
Founded by Henry VIII in 1540 with a stipend of £40 per annum. Appointment is by the Crown.
16XX Porter, George
1542 Smith, Thomas [1], Sir
1545? Busby, Humphrey
1551 Haddon, Walter
1561 Soone, William
1563 Clarke, William [1]
1570? Legge, Thomas (perhaps)
1574 Bynge, Thomas
1594 Cowell, John [1]
1611 Morrisson, Thomas
1635-66 Goad, Thomas
1666 Clark, John [2]
1673-84 Boord, John
1684 Oxenden, John
1703 Ayloffe, Thomas
1714-55 Dickins, Francis
1755-57 Monson, Henry
1757-70 Ridlington, William
1770-82 Hallifax, Samuel
1782-1813 Jowett, Joseph
1814-47 Geldart, James William
1847-54 Maine, Henry James Sumner, Sir
1854-73 Abdy, John Thomas
1873 Clark, Edwin Charles
1914 Buckland, William Warwick
1945 Duff, Patrick William
1968 Stein, Peter Gonville
1993 Johnston, David Eric Lothian (resigned 1999)
2000 Ibbetson, David John
Classical Archaeology, Laurence Professorship of
Established by grace of 5 December 1930, as one of the offices endowed by the bequest of Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence, placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Classics.
1931 Cook, Arthur Bernard
1934 Wace, Alan John Bayard
1944 Lawrence, Arnold Walter
1951 Toynbee, Jocelyn Mary Catherine
1962 Cook, Robert Manuel
1976 Snodgrass, Anthony McElrea
Established by grace of 14 June 1967 for Mr Sandbach and limited to one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Classics.
1967-70 Sandbach, Francis Henry
Clinical Biochemistry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 14 June 1967 for Dr Lehmann, to be held concurrently with the office of University Biochemist to Addenbrooke's Hospital. The professorship was limited to one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1967 Lehmann, Hermann
Clinical Biochemistry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 21 July 1976, with effect from 1 October 1977. The Professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
Clinical Criminology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1979 for Dr West; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Law.
1979 West, Donald James (retired 1984)
Clinical Gerontology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 June 1986 with effect from January 1987.
1989 Khaw, Kay-Tee
Clinical Oncology, Cancer Research Campaign Professorship of
Established by grace of 20 November 1974 for Professor Bleehen, for one tenure (the starting date deferred by grace of 23 April 1975 from 1 May to 1 August 1975); placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine. Re-established by grace, 1995, following the retirement of Professor Bleehen.
1975 Bleehen, Norman Montague
1996 Ponder, Bruce Anthony John
Clinical Pharmacology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 24 October 19984; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
Cognitive Neuroscience, Professorship of
Colloid Science, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 November 1931 from the bequest of John Humphrey Plummer (q.v.). The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. By grace of 5 June 1968 the professorship was continued in the subject of Biophysics.
1931 Rideal, Eric Keightley (resigned 1946)
1947 Roughton, Francis John Worsley (retired 1966)
Colloidal Physics, Professorship of
Established by the University by grace of 13 June 1930 for three years from 25 June 1930, to be held in the first instance by E. K. Rideal, and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. Suppressed on Rideal's appointment to the John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of Colloid Science.
Combustion Science, Professorship of
Commercial Contract Law, Professorship of
Commonwealth History, Smuts Professorship of
Until 1994 known as the Smuts Professorship of the History of the British Commonwealth, q.v.; re-titled, from 1994, by grace 5 of 4 March 1992.
1994 Hopkins, Antony Gerald (previously Professor of International History, University of Geneva)
Communications, Professorship of
Established by grace of 5 February 1997
1997 Hopper, Andrew
Community Medicine, Professorship of
Established by grace of 27 November 1974 with effect from January 1975; placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine. Re-titled 'Public Health' on the retirement of Professor Acheson in 1988.
1976 Acheson, Roy Malcolm (retired 1988)
Comparative Law, Professorship of
Established by grace of 5 May 1976 for Mr Jolowicz; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Law.
1976 Jolowicz, John Anthony (retired 1993)
Comparative Law, Professorship of
Established for one tenure by grace of 3 November 1934. The Professor was not bound to reside further than was necessary for the delivery of not less than eight lectures or classes in each of the Michaelmas and Lent Terms and being available to students for two hours in each of six weeks in those terms. The professorship lapsed on the retirement of Professor Gutteridge and was re-established for one tenure by grace of 16 December 1944. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Law. It again lapsed on the resignation of Sir Arnold McNair, and was again re-established, by grace of 14 November 1953, for C. J. Hamson. By grace of 21 July 1971 the chair was established on a permanent basis, with effect from 1 October 1973, as a Professorship of Law.
1934 Gutteridge, Harold Cooke (retired 1941)
1945 McNair, Arnold Duncan, Sir (resigned 1946)
1953 Hamson, Charles John (retired 1973)
Comparative Philology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 May 1937. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Classics.
1937 Jopson, Norman Brooke
1955 Allen, William Sidney (retired 1982)
1985 Coleman, Robert George Gilbert
1997 Horrocks, Geoffrey Charles
Comparative Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 28 May 1969 for Dr Ramsay. The professorship was limited to one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1969 Ramsay, James Arthur (retired 1976)
Comparative Psychology, Professorship of
1999 Dickinson, Anthony
Complex Physical Systems, Schlumberger Professorship of
Established by grace of 27 January 1999 from a benefaction
2001 Mahadevan, Lakshminarayanan (previously Van Tassle Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, M.I.T.)
Computational Physics, Professorship of
2000 Payne, Michael Christopher
Computer Assisted Reasoning, Professorship of
1996 Gordon, Michael John Caldwell
Computer Science (Teaching and Research), Professorship of
Established by grace 6 of 23 July 1997. Re-titled Robert Sansom Professorship of Computer Science by Grace 10 of 27 October 1999 in recognition of a benefaction.
1998 Leslie, Ian Malcolm
Computer Science, Professorship of
(1) Established by grace of 11 May 1977 for Dr Wheeler; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Computer Laboratory. (2) Established by grace of 6 May 1993.
1977 Wheeler, David John (retired 1994)
1995 Milner, Arthur John Robin Gorell (resigned 1999)
2000 Winskel, Glynn (previously Professor of Computer Science in the University of Aarhus)
Computer Systems, Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 May 1981 for Dr Needham; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Computer Laboratory.
1981 Needham, Roger Michael (retired 31 Dec. 1998)
Computer Technology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 16 June 1965 for Dr M. V. Wilkes. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics. Assigned by grace of 26 November 1969 primarily to the Computer Laboratory, with effect from 1 August 1970.
1965 Wilkes, Maurice Vincent (retired 1980)
Computers and Information, Professorship of
1999 Jones (Needham), Karen Ida Boalth Spärck-
Condensed Matter Physics, Professorship of
1997 Lonzarich, Gilbert George
Corporate Law, S. J. Berwin Professorship of
Established by Grace 2 of 9 May 1991 from the endowment of S. J. Berwin and Co.
1991 Sealy, Leonard Sedgwick (retired 1997)
1998 Cheffins, Brian Robert (previously Associate Professor in the University of British Columbia)
Criminal and Public Laws, Professorship of
1996 Smith, Anthony Terry Hanmer
Criminology, Wolfson Professorship of
By grace of 31 October 1959 an offer from the Trustees of the Isaac Wolfson Foundation of £150,000 for the endowment of the chair was accepted, the professorship established, and Dr Radzinowicz appointed. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Law.
1959 Radzinowicz, Leon, Sir
1973 Walker, Nigel David
1984 Bottoms, Anthony Edward
Cultural History, Professorship of
1996 Burke, Ulick Peter
Developmental Neurobiology, Professorship of
1998 Bate, Christopher Michael
Device Materials, Professorship of
1998 ????
Divinity, Ely Professorship of
Originally funded from the canonry of Ely, originally attached to the Regius
Professorship of Greek and detached therefrom in 1889 under the terms of the Universities
Act of 1877. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by
the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board,
and three by the Special Board for Divinity. The holder was obliged to be in priest's
orders. By grace of 21 March 1979 it was determined that the professorship should
terminate with the tenure of the then holder; it accordingly lapsed on the retirement of
Professor Stead.
1916 Brooke, Alan England
1926 Creed, John Martin
1940 Smith, John Sandwith Boys
1944-47 Telfer, William
1947 Ratcliffe, Edward Craddock
1958 Greenslade, Stanley Lawrence
1960 Lampe, Geoffrey Hugo
1971 Stead, George Christopher (retired 1980)
Divinity, Lady Margaret's Professorship of
Founded in 1502 by the Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII at a stipend of 20 marks (£13 6s 8d) per annum, the first occupant of the chair having been financed from the Lady Margaret's household expenditure. The stipend was augmented in 1605 by James I with the rectorial tithes of Terrington, Norfolk (of which a portion was later assigned to the endowment of the Norrisian Professor of Divinity), and in 1625 by Mrs Alice Davers with a small garden in Cambridge. The electors were the Vice-Chancellor, together with members of the Senate who were Doctors and Bachelors of Divinity. Precise details of this earlier mode of election are to be found in the Historical Register (p. 72). Election is now by an appointed Board of Electors. By grace of 3 November 1956 and Order in Council dated 5 April 1956 the restriction of candidature to those in Priest's Orders in the Church of England was removed. The early entries in the following list are based on a simplification Richard Rex's revision of that in the Historical Register, printed as Appendix II to Patrick Collinson, Richard Rex and Graham Stanton: Lady Margaret Beaufort and her Professors of Divinity at Cambridge, 1502 to 1649 (Cambridge, 2003), which see for details.
1498 Smith, John [0]
1502 Fisher, John [1]
1504 Cosyn, Thomas undocumented
1506 Burgoine, William for an uncertain period
1521 Walkden, Humphrey
1532 Buckmaster, William
1536 Redman, John [1]
1540 Skete, William
1542 Glyn, William
1545 Bridges, Simon
1546 Glyn, William again, resigned 1549
1549 Cheke, John, Sir
1550 Pilkington, James (fled the country c. Jan. 1554)
1554 Sedgwick, Thomas
1558 Bullock, George
1559 Beaumont, Robert
1561 Hutton, Matthew
1563 Whitgift, John
1567 Chaderton, William
1569 Cartwright, Thomas [1]
1570 Still, John
1573 Hansome, John
1574 Baro, Peter
1596 Playfere, Thomas
1609 Davenant, John
1623 Ward, Samuel
1643 Holdsworth, Richard
1649 Love, Richard
1660-61 Gunning, Peter appointed Regius Professor later that year
1661-72 Pearson, John
1673 Widdrington, Ralph
1688-1711 Gower, Humfrey
1711-27 Jenkin, Robert
1727-65 Newcome, John
1765 Brooke, Zachary
1788 Mainwaring, John
1807 Marsh, Herbert
1839 Blunt, John James
1855 Selwyn, William
1875 Lightfoot, Joseph Barber
1879 Swainson, Charles Anthony
1887 Hort, Fenton John Anthony
1892 Lumby, Joseph Rawson
1895 Mason, Arthur James
1903 Kirkpatrick, Alexander Francis
1907 Inge, William Ralph, Very Rev.
1911 Baker, James Franklin Bethune-
1935 Marsh, Fred Shipley
1951 Moule, Charles Francis Digby
1976 Hooker, Morna Dorothy
1998 Stanton, Graham Norman (previously Professor of New Testament Studies, King's College, London)
Divinity, Norris-Hulse Professorship of
Formed by the amalgamation of the Norrisian and Hulsean Professorships, the 'surviving' Norrisian Professor being the first holder.
1934 Burkitt, Francis Crawford
1935 Dodd, Charles Harold
1949 Farmer, Herbert Henry
1978 Lash, Nicholas Langrishe Alleyne
1999 Turner, Denys Alan (previously H. G. Wood Professor of Theology, Birmingham University)
Divinity, Norrisian Professorship of
Founded by the bequest of John Norris (d. 1777) of an annuity of £105. The original directions were that the professor should hold tenure for five years only, that he be aged between thirty and sixty years, and that he forfeit 21 shillings from his salary for any student attending his lecture who was not provided with an Old and a New Testament and with Pearson on the Creed. The endowment was augmented in 1852 by the bequest of Benedict Chapman, Master of Gonville and Caius, of £1000; by a further sum of £ 120, being the stipend of George Elwes Corrie for the year 1850-51 when his tenure of the Vice-Chancellorship prevented him from lecturing and the stipend reverted to Lord Wodehouse, owner of the Norrisian estate, who donated the sum to the university; and, by Statute of 1860, by the rectorial tithe rent-charge of Terrington St John's and a portion of the rent-charge of Terrington St Clement's. The original electors were the Heads of Houses, eleven of whom must be present and vote. In the case of equality of votes after three scrutinies, the casting vote lay with the Master of Trinity, or, in his absence, the Provost of King's, or, in the absence of both, with the Master of Caius. In 1934 the Norrisian and Hulsean chairs were merged to form the Norris-Hulse Professorship, F. C. Burkitt being the first holder.
1780-95 Hey, John
1795 Fawcett, James
1815 Jackson, Thomas [2]
1824-38 Hollingworth, John Banks
1838-54 Corrie, George Elwes
1854-64 Browne, Edward Harold
1864 Swainson, Charles Anthony
1879 Lumby, Joseph Rawson
1893 Robinson, Joseph Armitage
1899 Moule, Handley Carr Glyn
1901 Chase, Frederick Henry
1905 Burkitt, Francis Crawford
Divinity, Regius Professorship of
Founded by Henry VIII in 1504 with a stipend of £40 per annum, augmented in 1605 by James I with the rectory of Somersham, Hunts, and in 1878 by a bequest of £1000 from George Jeremy. By an Act of 1882 the Rectory of Somersham was severed from the Professorship, the Professor receiving one half of the net income of the benefice. The original electors were the Vice-Chancellor, the Master and two most senior Fellows of Trinity, the Provost of King's, and the Masters of St John's and Christ's, with the President of Queens' in the event of any of the above Heads being Vice-Chancellor. From 1860 the Professor was elected by the Council of the Senate. From 1926 the election has come under Statute D. In 1940 the Ely Cathedral Canonries Act disannexed the Ely canonry from the chair as from 25 March 1940, giving instead the obligation for the Chapter to pay £600 annually towards the stipend of the professor, for so long as election to the Regius professorship was limited to those, who at the time of their election, were in priest's orders in the Church of England.
? Madew, John
1550 Bucer, Martin
1555 Young, John
1557 Sedgwick, Thomas
1559 Pilkington, James
1560 Wygan, Guy
1561 Pilkington, Leonard
1562 Hutton, Matthew
1567 Whitgift, John
1569 Chaderton, William
1580 Whitaker, William
1596 Overall, John
1606 Richardson, John
1617 Collins, Samuel
1651 Arrowsmith, John
1656-61 Tuckney, Anthony
1661-74 Gunning, Peter
1674-99 Beaumont, Joseph
1700-17 James, Henry
1717-42 Bentley, Richard
1742 Whalley, John
1749-56 Green, John [2]
1756 Rutherforth, Thomas
1771 Watson, Richard [1] T
1816-27 Kaye, John
1827 Turton, Thomas
1843-49 Ollivant, Alfred
1850 Jeremie, James Amiraux
1870 Westcott, Brooke Foss
1890 Swete, Henry Barclay
1916 Stanton, Vincent Henry
1922 Nairne, Alexander
1932 Raven, Charles Earle
1950 Ramsey, Arthur Michael
1952 Burnaby, John
1958 Ratcliffe, Edward Craddock
1964 Nineham, Dennis Eric (resigned 1969)
1971 Lampe, Geoffrey Hugo
1979 Chadwick, Henry (retired 1982)
1985 Sykes, Stephen Whitefield (resigned 1990 on appointment as Bishop of Ely)
1991 Ford, David Frank (previously Senior Lecturer, Birmingham University)
Established by grace of 16 May 1974 for Dr Williams, and for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of English.
1974 Williams, Raymond Henry (retired 1983)
1997 McKitterick, Rosamond Deborah (Professor of Medieval History, 1999)
Earth Science, Professorship of
Established by grace of 18 May 1985 for Dr McKenzie; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Earth Sciences.
1985 McKenzie, Dan Peter
Ecclesiastical History, Dixie Professorship of
Sir Wolstan Dixie, Lord Mayor of London, d. 1594, endowed fellowships and scholarships at Emmanuel. In 1878 the fellowships were abolished and a statute of 1882, approved by the Queen in Council for both the University and the College, established the professorship. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Emmanuel and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for History and Archaeology. The Professorship now comes under statute D with the addition of the Master of Emmanuel (or, if the Master be a candidate, the senior fellow of Emmanuel not being a candidate) to the Board of Electors (Statute E.XXXIV.4). The statute for the professorship, which is common to Emmanuel College and the University, was revised by grace 1 of 18 March 1998, to remove gender-specific language and a few obsolete provisions.
1884 Creighton, Mandell
1891 Gwatkin, Henry Melvill (d. 1916)
1919 Whitney, James Pounder (d. 19390
1944 Sykes, Norman
1958 Chadwick, William Owen, Sir
1968 Rupp, Ernest Gordon
1977 Brooke, Christopher Nugent Lawrence
1994 Smith, Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley- (previously Professor of History, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London University)
Econometrics, Professorship of
1996 Harvey, Andrew Charles (previously Professor of Econometrics at LSE)
Economic and Social History, Professorship of
1995 Hatcher, Melvyn John
Economic Geography, Professorship of
Economic History, Professorship of
Established for one tenure by grace of 16 June 1928 and assigned to the Faculty of History. The Professor is also a member of the Faculty Board of Economics and Politics. By grace of 31 October 1936 the professorship was made permanent.
1928 Clapham, John Harold, Sir
1938 Postan, Michael Moïssy
1965 Joslin, David Maelgwyn (died 1970)
1971 Coleman, Donald Cuthbert
1981 Supple, Barry Emanuel (retired 1993)
1994 Wrigley, Edward Anthony, Sir (previously Senior Research Fellow, All Souls, Oxford. Resigned 1997)
1997 Daunton, Martin James (previously Astor Professor of British History and University College London)
Economic History, Professorship of (1981)
Established by grace of 7 May 1981 for Miss Deane; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Economics and Politics.
1981-82 Deane, Phyllis Mary (retired 1982)
Economics and Statistics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 11 March for Mr Champerowne, limited to one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and primarily assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics.
1970 Champerowne, David Gawen (retired 1978)
Economics, Professorship of (1965)
Established by grace of 11 June 1949 for one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics. By grace of 3 June 1964 the professorship was re-established on a permanent basis with effect from 1 October 1965 and entitled the 'Professorship of Economics (1965)'. Re-titled the Frank Ramsey Professorship of Economics for the remainder of Professor Dasgupta's tenure by grace 13 of 27 April 1994. (Frank Plumpton Ramsey, d. January 1930, was a Fellow of King's and University Lecturer in the Faculty of Mathematics.)
1950 Robinson, Edward Austin Gossage
1971 Neild, Robert Ralph (retired 1984)
1985 Dasgupta, Parthasarathi
Economics, Professorship of (1966)
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for N. Kaldor. The professorship was limited to one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics. Lapsed on Professor Kaldor's retirement.
1966 Kaldor, Nicholas (retired 1975).
Established by grace of 28 October 1950 for one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics. Established on a permanent basis by grace of 25 February 1970, with effect from 1 October 1 970.
1951 Kahn, Richard Ferdinand (Lord Kahn, 1965)
1965 Robinson, Joan Violet
1972 Hahn, Frank Horace (retired 1992)
1995 Harris, Christopher John (previously Lecturer in Public Economics, Oxford University
Established by grace of 5 May 1988 for Dr Pesaran.
Economics, Professorship of (1991)
Economics, Professorship of (1995)
1995 Singh, Ajit
Education, Professorship of (1938)
Established as from 1 October 1938 by grace of 11 March 1938 and placed in Schedule B of the Statutes. On the establishment of the Department of Education in 1939 the Professor was made head of Department (grace 36 of 9 June 1919). By grace of 20 November 1968 primarily assigned to the Faculty of Education.
1938 Owst, Gerald Robert
1959 Lloyd, William Arnold
1971 Hirst, Paul Heywood
1988 Hargreaves, David Harold (resigned 2000)
Education, Professorship of (1996)
1996 McIntyre, Donald Ian (previously Reader in Educational Studies, Oxford University)
Educational Leadership, Professorship of
Established by grace 5 of 27 October 1999.
2000 MacBeath, John Ernest Carmichael (previously Professor and Director of the Quality in Education Centre, Strathclyde University)
Egyptology, Herbert Thompson Professorship of
Established for one tenure and with a named incumbent by grace of 16 March 1946 from a bequest, accepted by grace of 29 July 1944 by Sir Henry Francis Herbert Thompson, Bart. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Oriental Languages. The professorship lapsed on the death of Professor Glanville in 1956 but by grace of 1 June 1957 was re-established for Mr Plumley, limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Oriental Studies.
1946 Glanville, Stephen Ranulph Kingdon (died 1956)
1957 Plumley, Jack Martin (retired 1977)
Electrical Engineering, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 November 1944, by which the university also accepted the offer of the Institution of Electrical Engineers to provide the stipend of a professor for a limited period, pending the completion of arrangements for a more permanent endowment. By the same grace the professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering. In 1951 the British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association gave £71,000 for the permanent endowment of the professorship.
1945 Moullin, Eric Balliol
1960 Oatley, Charles William
1971 Brandon, Percy Samuel
1984 Broers, Alec Nigel, Sir (resigned on appointment as Vice-Chancellor, 1996)
1996 Milne, William Ireland
Electromagnetism, Professorship of
2000 Campbell, Archibald MacRobert
Endocrinology, Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 22 October 1997
1998 Chatterjee, Vengali Krishna Kumar (previously Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow Consultant in the Department of Medicine)
Energy Studies, Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 November 1982 for Dr Eden; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Physics.
1982 Eden, Richard John (retired 1989)
Established by grace of 11 May 1977 for K. L. Johnson; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Engineering.
1977 Johnson, Kenneth Langstreth (retired 1992)
Established by grace of 17 March 1971 for Dr Heyman, for one tenure. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned primarily to the Faculty of Engineering.
1971 Heyman, Jacques (retired 1992)
Engineering, Professorship of (1875)
Previously the professorship of Mechanical Sciences.
1970 Ross, Peter McGregor (died 26 Nov. 1974
1976 Newland, David Edward
Engineering, Professorship of (1966, grace 4 of 1 Dec. 1965)
One of the three professorships established by consecutive graces of 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering.
1966 Beck, Arnold Hugh William
1983 Carroll, John Edward
Engineering, Professorship of (1966, grace 5 of 1 Dec. 1965)
One of the three professorships established by consecutive graces of 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering.
1968 Roscoe, Kenneth Harry (died 1970)
1973 Ashby, Michael Farries
1989 Williamson, Stephen (resigned 1997)
1998 Amaratunga, Gehan Anil Joseph (previously Professor of Electrical Engineering, Liverpool University)
Engineering, Professorship of (1966, grace 6 of 1 Dec. 1965)
One of the three professorships established by consecutive graces of 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering.
1967 Horlock, John Harold
1974 Schofield, Andrew Noel
1998 Mair, Robert James (previously Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor, and Director of the Geotechnical Consulting Group, London)
Engineering, Professorship of (1974)
Established by grace of 20 March 1965 for J. F. Coales, for one tenure. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Engineering. Re-established on a permanent basis with effect from 1 October 1974 by grace of 1 November 1972.
1965 Coales, John Flavell
1974 MacFarlane, Alastair George James (retired 31 Dec. 1988)
1989 Glover, Keith
Engineering, Rank Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 March 1971 as from 1 October 1971; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Engineering.
1972 Williams, John Eirwyn Ffowcs
English and American Literature, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1989 for Dr Tanner.
1989 Tanner, Paul Anthony (died 1998)
English as an International Language, Professorship of
Established 1988 and assigned to the Faculty of English.
1988 Brown, Gillian
English Constitutional History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 14 June 1967 for Dr Elton, limited to one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of History.
1967 Elton, Geoffrey Rudolph, Sir (elected to the Regius Professorship of Modern History, 1983)
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for Dr Williams and for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Law. Lapsed on Professor Williams' appointment to the Rouse Ball Professorship in 1968.
1965 Williams, Glanville Llewelyn
English Law, Rouse Ball Professorship of
Founded from a sum received from the trustees of the late Walter William Rouse Ball, Fellow of Trinity, and assigned to the Faculty of Law.
1928 Winfield, Percy Henry
1943 Hollond, Henry Arthur
1950 Bailey, Stanley John
1968 Williams, Glanville Llewelyn
1978 Wade, Henry William Rawson (retired 1982)
1984 Williams, David Glyndwr Tudor, Sir
1992 Vacant on the appointment of Sir David Williams as Vice-Chancellor under the new dispensation
1993 Beatson, Jack (previously University Lecturer in Law, Oxford University, and Law Commissioner for England and Wales)
English Legal History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 5 May 1988 for Dr Baker.
1988 Baker, John Hamilton (Downing Professor, 1998)
English Literature, King Edward VII Professorship of
Founded by a benefaction of £20,000 from Sir Harold Harmsworth in memory of Edward VII, in the year of whose death the benefaction was accepted by the University. Appointment is by the Crown, the residence and duties of the Professor being governed by Statute B.XI. The Professor was attached to the Special Board for Medieval and Modern Languages until 1927 when it was transferred to the Faculty of English.
1911 Verrall, Arthur Woollgar
1912 Couch, Arthur Thomas Quiller-, Sir (died 1944)
1946 Willey, Basil
1965 Knights, Lionel Charles
1974 Kermode, John Frank
1982 Ricks, Christopher Bruce
1986 Butler, Marilyn Speers (resigned 31 Dec. 1993)
1994 Beer, Gilliam Patricia Kempster, Dame
English Literature, Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 May 1987 for Dr Beer.
1987 Beer, John Bernard (retired 1993)
Established by grace of 18 May 1983 for Dr Brewer; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of English.
1983 Brewer, Derek Stanley (retired 1990)
English, Professorship of (1966, grace 1 of 1 Dec. 1965)
One of the two professorships established by consecutive graces on 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of English.
1966 Bradbrook, Muriel Clara
1976 Jack, Ian Robert James
1989 Beer, Gillian Patricia Kempster, Dame (King Edward VII Professor of Enlgish Literature, 1994)
1995 Donaldson, Charles Ian Edward (previously Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, Edinburgh University)
English, Professorship of (1966, grace 2 of 1 Dec. 1965)
One of the two professorships established by consecutive graces on 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of English.
1966 Hough, Graham Goulder
1975 Ricks, Christopher Bruce (elected to the King Edward VII Professorship 1982)
1984 Barton, Anne
2000 Jacobus, Mary Longstaff (previously Professor of English at Cornell University)
Enterprise Studies, Margaret Thatcher Professorship of
Established by Grace 1 of 25 February 1998 from a benefaction
1999 Hughes, Alan
Enzyme Biochemistry, Professorship of
Established with effect from 1 January 1966, by grace of 1 December 1965, for Dr Dixon, and for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1965 Dixon, Malcolm (retired 30 September 1966)
Equine Reproduction, Jim Joel Professorship of
Established by Grace 1 of 1 November 1995
1995 Allen, William Richard (previously Director of the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Equine Fertility Unit at Newmarket)
Established by grace of 23 May 1874 for Dr Bateson; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Zoology.
1984 Bateson, Paul Patrick Gordon Berg
European History, Professorship of
2000 Spufford, Peter
European Law, Professorship of
Established by Grace 7 of 26 January 1994
1995 Dashwood, Arthur Alan (previously Director in the Legal Service of the Council of the European Union)
European Prehistory, Professorship of
Established by grace of 30 July 1980 for Dr Coles; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of Archaeology.
1980 Coles, John Morton (retired 1986)
Evolutionary Palaeobiology, Professorship of
1995 Morris, Simon Conway
Experimental Medicine, Professorship of
Established by grace of 19 May 1945, for one tenure, from funds provided by the Medical Research Council. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Medicine. Lapsed on the retirement of Professor McCance.
1945 McCance, Robert Alexander (retired 1966)
Experimental Philosophy, Professorship in
Experimental Physics, Cavendish Professorship of
Established by grace of 9 February 1871 and named to commemorate the munificent endowment by William Cavendish, seventh Duke of Devonshire, for building the laboratory of experimental physics ('the Cavendish'). The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry. By grace of 21 January 1970 the title was changed to the 'Cavendish Professorship of Physics' with effect from the end of Professor Mott's tenure.
1871 Maxwell, James Clerk
1879 Strutt, John William Baron Rayleigh
1884 Thomson, Joseph John, Sir
1919 Rutherford, Ernest, Sir (Baron Rutherford of Nelson, 1931)
1938 Bragg, William Lawrence, Sir (resigned 1954)
1954 Mott, Nevill Francis, Sir
Experimental Physics, Professorship of
Experimental Psychology, Professorship of
Established for Bartlett by grace of 7 February 1931 and placed in Schedule B of the Statutes.
1931 Bartlett, Frederick Charles, Sir
1952 Zangwill, Oliver Louis
1981 Mackintosh, Nicholas John
Family Research, Professorship of
1997 Richards, Martin Paul Meredith
Farm Animal Health, Food Science and Food Safety, Marks and Spencer Professorship of
Established by Grace 10 of 19 July 1995 from a benefaction
1996 Maskell, Duncan John (previously Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at Imperial College, London)
Finance and Accounting, P. D. Leake Professorship of
Established by grace of 12 June 1954 for one tenure, from funds given by the P. D. Leake Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics.
1955 Stone, John Richard Nicholas (retired 1980)
Financial Accounting, Price Waterhouse Professorship of
Established for a period of ten years from 1 October 1988, and re-established for a further five years for Professor Whittington by grace 1 of 21 January 1998. Re-titled PricewaterhouseCoopers Professorship by grace 3 of 26 May 1999.
Fine Art, Slade Professorship of
Founded in pursuance of the will of Felix Slade and established by grace of 24 June 1869. Tenable for three years, renewable. From June 1907 the regulations were altered to allow the Professor, once re-elected after serving for three years, to have tenure until death or resignation. The Professor was not required to be resident on account of the smallness of the stipend, but there was an obligation to deliver at least twenty-four lectures, and to encourage the study of art. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor (with a casting vote), three persons on the electoral roll elected by the Senate, the President of the Royal Academy, the Vice-Chancellor of London University, and the Director (and from June 1911) the Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Assigned by grace of 22 April 19276 to the Faculty of Fine Arts. The regulations for the election were altered by grace of 8 June 1928, and other details were amended by grace of 11 May 1929. A statute (D.xiv.A) relating to age-limits for election and re-election was approved by the King in Council on 2 January 1931. Among other amendments to the regulations approved by grace of 6 February 1960 and by Order in Council dated 7 June 1960, the maximum length of tenure is restricted to three years. Grace 1 of 15 December 1962 empowered the electors to make an election at any time up to three years before the term or vacation in which a vacancy will occur.
1869 Wyatt, Matthew Digby, Sir
1873 Colvin, Sidney, Sir
1886 Middleton, John Henry
1895 Waldstein (later Walston), Charles, Sir
1901 Conway, William Martin, Sir
1904 Waldstein (later Walston), Charles, Sir again
1912 Prior, Edward Schroeder (d. 1932)
1933 Fry, Roger Eliot
1935 Constable, William George
1938 Webb, Geoffrey Fairbank
1941-46 Vacant
1946 Webb, Geoffrey Fairbank
1949 Pevsner, Nikolaus Bernhard Leon (re-elected in 1952)
1955 Brock, Alan Francis Clutton
1958 Bony, Jean Victor Edmond Paul Marie
1961 Gombrich, Ernst Hans Josef
1963 Levey, Michael Vincent
1964 Hennessey, John Wyndham Pope-
1965 Blunt, Anthony Frederick, Sir
1966 Summerson, John, Sir
1967 Brookner, Anita
1968 Demus, Otto
1969 Ackerman, James Sloss
1970 Wittkower, Rudolph
1971 Hamilton, George Heard
1972 Nordenfalk, Carl
1973 Buddensieg, Tilmann
1974 Kitzinger, Ernst
1975 Watson, William
1976 Golding, Harold John
1977 Burns, Howard
1978 Mitford, Rupert Leo Scott Bruce-
1979 Rykwert, Joseph
1980 Montagu, Jennifer Iris Rachel
1981 Schmidt, Gerhard
1982 Reff, Theodore Franklin
1983 Sullivan, Donovan Michael
1984 Bialostocki, Jan accent: Polish crossed 'l'
1985 Wilson, David Mackenzie, Sir
1986 Rosenberg, Pierre
1987 Kemp, Martin John
1988 Errington, Lindsay Margaret
1989 Cork, Richard Graham
1990 Vaughan, William Henry Toulmin (vice David Hockney, who had withdrawn)
1991 Ledderose, Lothar (Professor of History of East Asian Art, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Heidelberg)
1992 Cropper, Marjorie Elizabeth (Professor in the Department of the History of Art, Johns Hopkins University)
1993 Vacant
1994 Levine, Neil (Gleason Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University)
1995 Vacant
1996 Winter, Irene J. (Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University)
1997 Heslop, Thomas Alexander (Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia)
1998 Spate, Virginia Margaret (Power Professor of Fine Art, Sydney University)
1999 Blankert, Albert (Senior Lecturer in History of Art, Utrecht University)
Fluid Mechanics, G. I. Taylor Professorship of
Established by grace 3 of 23 October 1991 from sums given in memory of Sir Geoffrey Taylor (1885-1975) formerly Royal Society Research Professor and Fellow of Trinity.
1992 Barenblatt, Gregory Isaakovich (previously Professor in the Institute of Oceanography, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Retired 1994.)
1996 Pedley, Timothy John (previously Professor of Applied Mathematics, Leeds University)
Fluid Mechanics, Professorship of
1998 Hinch, Edward John
Fluid Mechanics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Dr Hunt.
1990 Hunt, Julian Charles Roland (resigned 1992)
French Literature, Professorship of
Established for one tenure by grace of 20 March 1954 from funds offered by the French Government. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
1954 Barrère, Jean Bertrand Marie (retired 1982)
French, Drapers' Professorship of
Established by grace of 16 May 1919 with a guarantee of £800 a year for ten years from the Worshipful Company of Drapers. The election was governed by Statute B.IX and the residence and duties by Statute B.XI. An offer by the Drapers' Company to renew their annual grant for a further seven years from April 1939 was accepted by grace of 12 March 1937.
1919 Prior, Oliver Herbert Phelps
1934 Green, Frederick Charles
1951 Harmer, Lewis Charles
1967 Austin, Lloyd James
1980 Rickard, Peter (retired 1983)
1985 Bayley, Peter James (Dr T. C. Cave was elected to the chair, but withdrew before taking office.)
Established by grace of 3 May 1972 for Dr Fairlie; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
1972 Fairlie, Alison Anna Bowie (retired 1980)
Established by grace of 4 June 1975 for Dr de Mourgues; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
1975 Mourgues, Odette Marie Hélène Louise de (retired 1981)
Established by grace of 13 June 1973 for Dr Leigh; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
1973 Leigh, Ralph Alexander (retired 1982)
General Practice, Professorship of
Established by grace 3 of 14 February 1996
1997 Kinmonth, Anne-Louise (previously Professor of Primary Medical Care, Southampton University)
Genetics, Arthur Balfour Professorship of
Established by grace of 9 November 1912 in accordance with Statute B.VI.6 and endowed by an anonymous benefaction of £20,000 for the experimental study of heredity and of development by descent. The first election was made jointly by the Prime Minister and the Rt Hon. A. J. Balfour; subsequent elections were under Statute B.IX. Residence and duties are defined by Statute B.XI. The Professorship was assigned to the Special Board for Biology and Geology and transferred by grace of 22 April 1927 to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1912 Punnett, Reginald Crundall (d. 1940)
1943 Fisher, Ronald Aylmer, Sir (retired 1957)
1959 Thoday, John Marion (retired 1983)
1984 Fincham, John Robert Stanley (retired 1991)
1992 Goodfellow, Peter Neville (previously Principal Scientist of the Imperial Cancer Research Campaign. Resigned 1996.)
1999 Glover, David Moore (previously Professor of Molecular Genetics, Dundee University)
Established by grace 1 of 20 October 1993
Established by grace of 15 May 1974 for Dr Chorley; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Geography and Geology.
1974 Chorley, Richard John (retired 1994)
Established, for F. Debenham in the first instance, by grace of 7 February 1931, and placed in Schedule B of the Statutes.
1931 Debenham, Frank
1949 Steers, James Alfred
1966 Darby, Henry Clifford
1976 Chishold, Michael Donald Inglis (retired 31 Dec. 1995)
1996 Bennett, Robert John (previously Professor of Geography at LSE)
Geology, Woodwardian Professorship of
Founded by John Woodward, M.D., in 1728, and endowed with estates in Norfolk. By Woodward's will the first holder was to be elected by his executors, and subsequent holders by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Ely, the Presidents of the Royal Society and College of Physicians, the Members of Parliament for the University, and 'by the whole Senate', 'or a majority of the above specified illustrious and excellent persons'. Candidates were to be bachelors, and to vacate the office on marriage, and a preference was to be given to laymen. The professor was to be available at set times on three days a week to give access to the founder's collection of fossils. His stipend was £100 a year. From 1917 the stipend was to be £700, bating £200 for Heads and Fellows. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Biology and Geology. The Professorship was assigned to the Special Board for Biology and Geology and transferred by grace of 22 April 1927 to the Faculty of Biology 'A', and by grace of 5 December 1931 to the newly constituted Faculty of Geography and Geology.
1731 Middleton, Conyers
1734 Mason, Charles
1762 Michell, John
1764 Ogden, Samuel
1778 Green, Thomas [4]
1788-1818 Hailstone, John
1818 Sedgwick, Adam [1]
1873 Hughes, Thomas McKenny
1917 Marr, John Edward
1930 Jones, Owen Thomas
1943 King, William Bernard Robinson
1955 Bulman, Oliver Meredith Boone
1966 Whittington, Harry Blackmore (retired 1983)
1985 McCave, Ian Nicholas
Geometric Topology, Professorship of
1996 Lickorish, William Bernard Raymond
Established for Sir Edward Bullard by grace of 20 May 1964 and limited to his tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Geography and Geology. Re-established on a permanent basis by grace of 20 May 1964, with effect from 1 January 1966.
1964 Bullard, Edward Crisp, Sir
1974 Jacobs, John Arthur (retired 1983)
1984 Chapman, Christopher Hugh (resigned 1988)
1989 White, Robert Stephen
German Literary and Intellectual History, Professorship of
2000 Boyle, Nicholas
German, Schröder Professorship of
Endowed by a benefaction of £20,000 offered by Messrs J. H. Schröder & Co., accepted by grace of 28 October 1909. Income from the fund in excess of that required for the stipend, which was not to exceed £800, was added to a fund for the furtherance and study of the German Language and Literature in the university in any way recommended by the General Board and approved by the Senate.
1910 Breul, Karl Hermann
1932 Williams, Robert Allan (retired 1941)
1944 Butler, Eliza Marian
1951 Bruford, Walter Horace
1961 Forster, Leonard Wilson
1979 Green, Dennis Howard
1989 Paulin, Roger Cole
Gravitational Physics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 11 May 1977 for Dr Hawking; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1977 Hawking, Stephen William (elected to the Lucasian Professorship, 1979)
Greek and Latin, Professorship of
1995 Diggle, James
Greek History, Professorship of
1998 Austin, Colin François Lloyd
Greek, Regius Professorship of
Founded in 1504 by Henry VIII with a stipend of £40 per annum and further endowed in 1848 with a canonry at Ely Cathedral transferred in 1899 to the Ely Professorship of Divinity. The original electors were the Vice-Chancellor, the Master and two most senior Fellows of Trinity, the Provost of King's, and the Masters of St John's and Christ's, with the President of Queens' in the event of any of the above Heads being Vice-Chancellor. From 1860 to 1921 the Professor was elected by the Council of the Senate. By grace of 5 March 1921 the election was governed by the then Statute B; later, in the 1926 statutes, by Statute D. In 1915 the stipend was £360 from the University and £290 from Trinity College.
1540 Cheke, John, Sir
1547 Carr, Nicholas
1549 Encinas, Francis
1562 Dodington, Bartholomew
1585 Downes, Andrew
1625 Creighton, Robert [1]
1639 Duport, James
1654 Widdrington, Ralph
1660 Barrow, Isaac
1663 Valentine, James
1666 Creighton, Robert [2] (son of R. Creighton, 1625)
1672:04:23 Gale, Thomas
1672:10:30 North, John, Hon.
1674 Pulleyn, Benjamin
1686 Payne, Michael
1695 Barnes, Joshua EM
1712 Pilgrim, Thomas
1726 Taylor, Walter
1744 Fraigneau, William
1750 Francklin, Thomas
1759 Lort, Michael
1771 Lambert, James
1780 Cooke, William [3]
1792 Porson, Richard
1808 Monk, James Henry
1823 Dobree, Peter Paul
1825 Scholefield, James
1853 Thompson, William Hepworth
1867 Kennedy, Benjamin Hall
1889 Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir
1906 Jackson, Henry [1]
1921 Pearson, Alfred Chilton
1928 Robertson, Donald Struan
1950 Page, Denys Lionel, Sir
1974 Kirk, Geoffrey Stephen (retired 1982)
1984 Handley, Eric Walter
1994 Easterling, Patricia Elizabeth (previously Professor of Greek, University College, London)
Haematological Medicine, Leukaemia Research Fund Professorship of
Established by grace of 24 July 1968 for Dr Hayhoe and for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Medicine.
1968 Hayhoe, Frank George James (retired 1988)
Established by grace of 1 May 1985 as from January; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Haematological Medicine.
1986 Carrell, Robin Wayne
Haemato-oncology, Professorship of
Established by Grace 1 of 3 March 1999
1999 Green, Anthony Richard (previously Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science and Honorary Consultant in the Department of Heamatology)
Health Management, Dennis Gillings Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 19 November 1997 from a benefaction.
1999 Detmer, Don Eugene (previously Professor of Health Policy, and of Surgery, Virginia University)
Health Research and Development, Professorship of
Established by grace 5 of 7 May 1992
1993 Himsworth, Richard Lawrence (previously Regius Professor of Medicine, Aberdeen University)
Hebrew, Regius Professorship of
Founded by Henry VIII in 1504 with a stipend of £40 per annum, and further endowed by a canonry of Ely Cathedral in 1848. The original electors were the Vice-Chancellor, the Master and two most senior Fellows of Trinity, the Provost of King's, and the Masters of St John's and Christ's, with the President of Queens' in the event of any of the above Heads being Vice-Chancellor. From 1860 to 1921 the Professor was elected by the Council of the Senate. By grace of 5 March 1921 the election was governed by the then Statute B; later, in the 1926 statutes, by Statute D.
1540 Wakefield, Thomas (appointed for life by Letters Patent but, as a Catholic, replaced from 1549 until his death in 1575 by Paulus Fagius, Johannes Immanuel Tremellius,
Antoine Rodolphe Chevallier, and Philippe Bignon, none of whom was formally admitted)
1549 Fagius, Paulus (Buchlein)
1550 Tremellius, Johannes Immanuel
1569 Chevallier, Antoine Rodolphe
1572 Bignon, Philippe
1575 Lively, Edward
1605 Spaldinge, Robert
1607 Kynge, Geoffrey
1608 Byng, Andrew
1622 c. Metcalfe, Robert
1645-88 Cudworth, Ralph
1688 Stubbe, Wolfram
1699 Talbot, James
1705 Sike, Henry
1712 Bouquett, Philip
1748 Harrison, Thomas [3] T
1753 Torriano, Charles
1757 Disney, William [2]
1771-90 Collier, William
1790 Porter, John
1795 Lloyd, Henry
1831 Lee, Samuel
1848 Mill, William Hodge
1854 Jarrett, Thomas
1882 Kirkpatrick, Alexander Francis
1903 Kennett, Robert Hatch
1932 Cook, Stanley Arthur
1938 Thomas, David Winton
1968 Emerton, John Adney
1995 Gordon, Robert Patterson
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for Dr Willmer and for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. Re-established on a permanent basis by grace of 12 February; terminated by grace of 27 July 1983 as from 1984.
1965 Willmer, Edward Nevill
1969 Shute, Charles Cameron Donald (retired 1984)
Histopathology, Professorship of
The Professorship of Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology was so retitled on the retirement of Professor Gresham in 1992.
1997 Collins, Vincent Peter (previously Professor of Tumour Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm)
History and Philosophy of Science, Professorship of
Established by grace of 22 October 1986 for one tenure. Re-established by grace 2 of 5 June 1996 from the retirement of Professor Redhead.
1987 Redhead, Michael Logan Gonne
1997 Lipton, Peter
History and Philosophy of the Sciences, Professorship of
1992 Jardine, Nicholas
2000 Forrester, John Peter
History of Classical Antiquity, Professorship of
1997 Garnsey, Peter David Arthur
History of International Relations, Professorship of
Established by grace of 28 May 1969 for Mr Hinsley, limited to one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and primarily assigned to the Faculty of History.
1969 Hinsley, Francis Harry, Sir (retired 1983)
History of Mathematics and Exact Sciences, Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 May 1987 for Dr Whiteside.
1987 Whiteside, Derek Thomas (retired 1999)
History of the British Commonwealth, Smuts Professorship of
Established by grace of 25 October 1952. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and primarily assigned to the Faculty of History. Retitled Smuts Professorship of Commonwealth History from 1994 by grace 5 of 4 March 1992.
1953 Mansergh, Philip Nicholas Seton (resigned 31 March 1970)
1970 Stokes, Eric Thomas (died 1981)
1983 Low, Donald Anthony
History of Western Art, Professorship of
Established by grace of 13 June 1973 for Mr Jaffé; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art.
1973 Jaffé, Andrew Michael (retired 1990)
1860 Ellicott, Charles John
1861 Lightfoot, Joseph Barber
1875 Perowne, John James Stewart
1878 Hort, Fenton John Anthony
1887 Ryle, Herbert Edward
1901 Barnes, William Emery (resigned 1934)
Human Cancer Genetics, Cancer Research Campaign Professorship of
Established by grace 2 of 18 November 1992 from a benefaction.
1992 Ponder, Bruce Anthony John (CRC Professor of Clinical Oncology, 1996)
Human Ecology, Professorship of
Established for one tenure by a named incumbent by grace of 21 June 1949, the professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Medicine.
1949 Banks, Arthur Leslie (resigned 1970)
Human Geography, Professorship of
Establishedd by grace 4 of 24 November 1999.
2000 Haining, Robert Pattrick (previously Professor of Geography, Sheffield University)
Human Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 23 May 1984 for Dr Merton; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Physiology.
1984 Merton, Patrick Anthony (retired 1988)
Human Population Biology and Health, Professorship of
1999 Taylor, Christopher Guy Nicholas Mascie-
Human Reproduction, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 May 1985 for Dr Edwards and for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Physiology.
1985 Edwards, Robert Geoffrey (retired 1989)
Immunobiology, Professorship of
2000 Cooke, Anne
Established by grace 3 of 19 October 1994.
1997 Trowsdale, John (previously Principal Scientist with the I.C.R.F. Human Immunogenetics Laboratory in London)
Immunology, Sheila Joan Smith Professorship of
Previously Sheila Joan Smith Professorship of Tumour Immunology; re-titled, and assigned to the Department of Medicine by grace of 17 February 1988. Re-established on the retirement of Professor Lachmann by grace 2 of 6 May 1999.
1988-1999 Lachmann, Peter Julius (retired 1999)
Imperial and Naval History, Vere Harmsworth Professorship of
Established by grace of 16 May 1919 as a Professorship of Naval History from a benefaction of £20,000 offered by Lord Rothermere in memory of his second son, who had been due to come up to Trinity College in 1914 but, after distinguished military service was killed on 31 November 1916 at the battle of Ancre. The first appointment was made by Lord Rothermere. The election since is governed by Statute B.IX and the residence and duties by Statute B.XI. The Professor was assigned to the Special Board for History and Archaeology. In 1933 the title changed to 'Imperial and Naval History'. By grace of 25 February 1939 Viscount Rothermere's gift of securities for the further endowment of the professorship was accepted. See also 'Naval History'.
1951 Rich, Edwin Ernest
1971 Gallagher, John Andrew (died 1980)
1981 Fieldhouse, David Kenneth
1991 Bayly, Christopher Alan
Indian Studies, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Dr Norman.
1990 Norman, Kenneth Roy (retired 1992)
Industrial Relations, Montague Burton Professorship of
Mr Montague Burton's endowment of this professorship was accepted by grace of 14 November 1930, and the professorship placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics.
1931 Hilton, John (d. 1943)
1944 Kirkaldy, Harold Stewart (resigned 1963)
1964 Turner, Herbert Arthur Frederick (retired 1983)
1985 Brown, William Arthur
Infectious Diseases, Professorship of
2000 Lever, Andrew Michael Lindsay
Information Engineering, Professorship of
2000 Cipolla, Roberto
Information Engineering, Professorship of
Established by grace 8 of 15 June 1994
1994 Young, Stephen John
Information Engineering, Professorship of
Established by grace of 18 May 1983 for Dr Fallside, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering.
1983 Fallside, Frank (died 24 March 1993)
Inorganic Chemistry, Professorship of
Established for Emeléus by grace of 7 June 1946. The professorship placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. On Professor Emeléus' retirement in 1970 the professorship was replaced (grace 5 of 15 May 1968) by a Professorship of Chemistry.
1946-70 Emeléus, Harry Julius
1996 Sanders, Jeremy Keith Morris
Intellectual History and English Literature, Professorship of
Intellectual Property Law, Herchel Smith Professorship of
Established by grace 2 of 20 October 1993 from an endowment made by the American Friends of Cambridge University.
International Law, Professorship of
Established by grace of 28 May 1969 for Dr Parry, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Law.
1969 Parry, Clive (died 1982)
International Law, Whewell Professorship of
Founded in 1867 in accordance with the will of William Whewell, Master of Trinity. The professor's lectures were 'to lay down such rules and to suggest suich measures as may tend to diminish the evils of war and finally to extinguish war between nations. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Trinity (with a casting vote), the Regius Professor of Civil Law, the Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy, the Downing Professor of the Laws of England and the Professor of Political Economy.
1869 Harcourt, William George Granville Venables Vernon, Sir
1887-88 Maine, Henry James Sumner, Sir
1888 Westlake, James
1908 Oppenheim, Lassa Francis Lawrence
1920 Higgins, Alexander Pearce, Sir
1935 McNair, Arnold Duncan, Sir
1938 Lauterpacht, Hersch
1955 Jennings, Robert Yewdall
1981 Bowett, Derek William (retired 1991)
1992 Crawford, James Richard (previously Challis Professor of International Law, Sydney University)
International Macroeconomics, Professorship of
Established by grace 11 of 19 May 1993
1994 Buiter, Willem Hendrik (previously Juan Trippe Professor of International Economics, Yale University. Resigned 2000.)
International Politics, Professorship of
1998 Hawthorn, Geoffrey Patrick
International Public Law, Professorship of
2000 Allott, Philip James
International Relations, Sir Patrick Sheehy Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 5 June 1996, confirmed by ballot (placet: 1128; non placet: 583). Assigned to the Faculty of History for the first tenure.
1998 Mayall, James Bardsley Lawson (previously Professor of International Relations at LSE)
Investigative Plant Ecology, Professorship of
2000 Grubb, Peter John
Italian, Serena Professorship of
Established by grace of 25 October 1918 from a benefaction of £10,000 offered by Mr Arthur Serena. The election is governed by Statute B.IX and the residence and duties by Statute B.XI.
1919 Okey, Thomas
1929 Piccoli, Raffaello
1933 Bullough, Edward
1934 Vincent, Eric Reginald Pearce
1962 Limentani, Uberto
1981 Boyde, Patrick
Jewish and Early Christian Studies, Professorship of
1998 Horbury, William
Land Economy, Professorship of
Established by grace of 28 February 1968 for Mr Denman, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Land Economy. Re-established by grace of 28 February 1979 for Mr Cameron; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of Land Economy.
1968 Denman, Donald Robert (retired 1978)
1980 Cameron, Gordon Campbell (died 1990)
1991 Grant, Malcolm John (previously Professor of Law, University College, London)
Land Use and Transport Studies, Professorship of
1993 Echenique, Marcial
Latin, [Kennedy] Professorship of
Founded by funds gathered by subscriptions from the friends and former pupils of Benjamin Hall Kennedy on his retirement in 1865 from the Headmastership of Shrewsubury School, with the object of founding a chair in Latin named after him. Kennedy himself subscribed £500 on the condition that the chair be not so named. (This proviso was overturned, with the consent of Kennedy's family, in 1911, when the title changed to 'Kennedy Professor'.) The Professorship was established by grace of 29 April 1869, and the stipend augmented by the university in 1872. The electors were originally the Vice-Chancellor, the Regius Professor of Greek, the Orator, the Professor of Sanskrit, the members of the Special Board for Classics, the Professor of Latin at Oxford and the Headmaster of Shrewsbury School. By grace of 16 March 1911, the electoral board was altered to: the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Classics.
1869 Munro, Hugh Andrew Johnstone
1872 Mayor, John Eyton Bickersteth
1911 Housman, Alfred Edward
1936 Anderson, William Blair (retired 1942)
1944 Mynors, Roger Aubrey Baskerville, Sir (resigned 1953)
1954 Brink, Charles Oscar
1974 Kenney, Edward John (retired 1982)
1984 Reeve, Michael David
Latin-American Studies, Simón Bolívar Professorship of
Endowed by a gift of 1,280,000 bolivares (approximately £120,000) from the Venezuelan Government, accepted in 1968. Established by grace of 15 May 1968. Tenure is for one year. By grace of 7 February 1973 the professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, but also governed by the special provisions of Statute G.I.10. The faculty to which the professorship is assigned varies according to holder and is shown in parentheses after each name.
1968 Gabaldon, Arnoldo (Medicine)
1969 Paz, Octavio (Modern and Medieval Languages)
1970 Roche, Marcel (Biology 'B')
1971 Villalobos, Sergio Fernando (History)
1972 Jara, Alvaro (History)
1973 Furtado, Celso (Economics and Politics)
1974 Grases, Pedro (History)
1975 Bernal, Ignacio (Archaeology and Anthropology)
1976 Cardoso, Fernando Henrique (Economics and Politics)
1977 Llosa, Mario Vargas y (Modern and Medieval Languages)
1978 Damas, German Carrera (History)
1979 Arends, Tulio (Biology 'B')
1980 Vacant
1981 Casanova, Pablo Gonzalo (Economics and Politics)
1982 Escovar, Ramón (Economics and Politics)
1983 Vacant
1984 Vacant
1985 Carias, Allan Randolph Brewer
1986 Fuentes, Carlos, His Excellency D. (Spanish)
1987 Vacant
1988 Celli, Blas Bruni (Classics)
1988 Gutiérrez, G. (Divinity)
1989 Vacant
1990 Vacant
1991 Sarlo, Beatriz (Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Buenos Aires University)
1992 Leiva, Luis Hernan Castro (Professor of the International Institute of Advanced Studies, Caracas. (Social and Political Sciences))
1993 Martins, Jose de Souza (Associate Professor of Sociology, Sao Paulo University)
1994 Requena, Jaime (Professor of the International Institute of Advanced Studies, Caracas. (Physiology))
1995 Ortega, Julio (Professor of Hispanic Studies, Brown University. (Spanish and Portuguese))
1996 Florescano, E. (Professor of Mexican History, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos de Lima. (History))
1997 Castro, Eduardo Batalha Viveiros de (Professor at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro. (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology))
1998 Creuz, R. Cerdas- (Social and Political Sciences)
1999 Tandeter, Enrique (Professor of History, University of Buenos Aires. History)
2000 Castaneda, J. G. (Professor in the Department of Political Science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico)
Law and Public Policy, Professorship of
2000 Tonry, Michael (Director of the Institute of Criminology)
Law of Taxation, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Mr Tiley.
1990 Tiley, John
1996 Williams, David Glyndwr Tudor, Sir (Vice-Chancellor Emeritus, and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law)
1995 Spencer, John Rason
Established by grace 4 of 7 May 1992
???? Gray, Kevin John (previously Professor of Law and Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London)
Established by grace of 21 July 1971, replacing the Professorship of Comparative Law; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Law.
1973 Lipstein, Kurt
1976 Milsom, Stroud Francis Charles
1990 Cornish, William Rodolph (Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law, 1995)
1995 Hepple, Bob Alexander (Master of Clare)
Laws of England, Downing Professorship of the
Founded in 1800 in pursuance of the will of Sir George Downing, Bart. The original electors were the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Masters of Clare, St John's and Downing, and the stipend £500 more than the dividend payable to each Fellow of Downing. In 1915 the electors were The Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Downing, or, if the Mastership were vacant or the Master a candidate, the senior member of the Governing body of Downing, not being a candidate, and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Law.
1788 Christian, Edward (appointed in advance of the foundation of the college; brother of Fletcher; 'passed away in the full vigour of his incapacity')
1800 Birkbeck, William Lloyd
1823 Starkie, Thomas [2]
1849 Amos, Andrew
1888 Maitland, Frederic William
1907 Kenny, Courtney Stanhope
1919 Hazeltine, Harold Dexter (retired 1942)
1945 Wade, Emlyn Capel Stewart
1962 Jennings, William Ivor, Sir
1966 Jackson, Richard Meredith
1970 Smith, Stanley Alexander de
1975 Jones, Gareth Hywel
1998 Baker, John Hamilton
Legal Science, Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professorship of
Established by grace of 20 October 1971, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Law. By grace of 7 Febuary 1973, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes but also governed by the special provisions of Statute G.I.10. Tenure is for one year.
1972 Tunc, André
1973 Schmidt, Folke Fredrik
1974 Traynor, Roger John
1975 Freud, Otto Kahn-
1976 Jouvan, Xavier Blanc-
1977 Gross, Hyman
1978 Epinay, Pierre André Lalive d'
1979 Morris, John Humphrey Carlile
1980 Calabresi, Guido
1981 Hazard, John Newbold
1982 Honnold, John Otis
1983 Mehren, Arthur Taylor von
1984 Caenegem, Raoul Charles Joseph Van
1985 Rosenne, Shabtai
1986 Heuston, Robert Francis Vere
1987 Fleming, John Gunther
1988 Cappelletti, Mauro
1989 Smith, John Cyril
1990 Wright, Charles Alan
1991 Summers, Robert Samuel
1992 Zines, Leslie Ronald
1993 Simpson, Alfred William Brian
1994 Kotz, Hein Detlef
1995 Dugard, Christopher John Robert
1996 Mason, Anthony, Sir
1997 Langbein, J. H.
1998 Zimmerman, Reinhard
1999 Koopmans, Thijmen
2000 Helmholz, Richard Henry
Established by grace 7 of 27 October 1999.
2000 Roberts, Ian Gareth (previously Professor of English Linguistics, Stuttgart University)
Established by grace of 27 February 1980 for Mr Matthews; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of Linguistics.
1980 Matthews, Peter Hugo
Literary History, Professorship of
1994 Hill, Howard Henry Erskine-
Macromolecular Biochemistry, Professorship in
1991 Thomas, Jean Olwen
Magnetic Resonance, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
This is the John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of Physics, re-titled by grace 2 of 22 July 1987.
1987 Freeman, Raymond (retired 1999)
Mammalian Cell Biochemistry, Professorship of
Mammalian Genetics, Professorship of
1994 Evans, Martin John (resigned 1999)
Management Studies, Beckwith Professorship of
Established by grace 3 of 19 June 1996 from a benefaction.
1998 Yip, George Stephen (previously Adjunct Professor in the Anderson School, U.C.L.A. Resigned 31 Dec. 2000.)
Management Studies, Diageo Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 as the Guinness Professorship of Management Studies and assigned to the Institute of Management Studies. Retitled the Diageo Professorship by grace 3 of 28 April 1999.
1991 Child, John (previously Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Aston University. Resigned 2000.)
Management Studies, Peat, Marwick, and Mitchell Professorship of
Established by grace of 22 May 1985; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Engineering.
1986 Watson, Stephen Roger (resigned 1994)
1995 Dawson, Sandra June Noble (previously Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Imperial College, London)
Management Studies, Professorship of
1996 Dempster, Michael Alan Howarth (previously Professor of Mathematics, Essex University)
2000 Oliver, Nicholas
Manufacturing Engineering, GKN Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 9 August 2000 from a benefaction.
Manufacturing Engineering, Professorship of
This is the Professorship of Mechanics, re-titled by grace 3 of 19 March 1986.
Materials Chemistry, Professorship of
1996 Fray, Derek John (previously Professor of Mineral Engineering, Leeds University)
Materials Science, Goldsmith' Professorship of
The Goldsmith's Professorship of Metallurgy was so retitled by grace 4 of 19 June 1991
Materials Science, Professorship of
Established by grace 2 of 26 October 1988.
1990 Humphreys, Colin John (Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science, 1992)
1992 Windle, Alan Hardwick
Mathematical Astrophysics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 May 1987 for Dr Weiss.
1987 Weiss, Nigel Oscar
Mathematical Biology, Professorship of
1999 Gilligan, Christopher Aidan
Mathematical Physics, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 November 1931 from the Plummer bequest, placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics. In 1938 Mr Fowler was re-elected after resignation. By grace of 1 November 1958 the vacant professorship was to be continued in the subject either of Experimental Physics or Theoretical Physics. In 1960 Dr A. B. Pippard was elected to the chair (Experimental Physics) and, in view of the nature of his work, the title was changed, by grace of 30 July 1960, to 'Physics' and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1932 Fowler, Ralph Howard, Sir (died 1944)
1946 Hartree, Douglas Rayner (died 1958)
Mathematical Physics, Professorship of (1967)
Established by grace of 16 November 1966, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1968 Polkinghorne, John Charlton (resigned 1979)
1980 Taylor, John Clayton (retired 1995)
1996 Turok, Neil Geoffrey (previously Professor of Physics at Princeton)
Mathematical Physics, Professorship of (1978)
Established by grace of 30 March 1973 to replace the Professorship of Theoretical Astronomy which lapsed on Professor Lyttleton's retirement in 1978.
1980 Moffatt, Henry Keith
Mathematical Physics, Professorship of (1994)
Mathematical Physics, Professorship of (1998)
Mathematical Sciences, Rothschild Visiting Professorship at the Isaac Newton Institute for
Established by grace 1 (V) of 24 October 1990 from a benefaction of £250,000 from N. M. Rothschild and Sons. The Professors normally hold office for not more than six months.
1992 Arnold, Vladimir Igorevich (Professor of Mathematics, Moscow University)
1992 Kirby, Robion Cromwell (Professor of Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley)
1993 Mumford, David Bryant (Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Harvard)
1994 Hartle, James Burkett (Professor of Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara)
1994 Yau, Shing-Tung (Professor of Mathematics at Harvard)
1995 Hale, Jack K. (Regents' Professor, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology)
1995 Scott, Dana Stewart (Hillman Professor of Computer Science, Philosophy, and Mathematical Logic, Carnegie Mellon University)
1996 Hoskins, Brian John (Head of the Department of Meteorology, Reading University)
1996 Leal, L. Gary (Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California)
1997 Sen, Ashoke (Professor in the Mehta Research Institute for Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences in India)
1997 Sreenivasan, Katepalli R. (Harold W. Cheel Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University)
1999 Perry, Anthony Edward
2000 Furstenberg, Hillel (Professor of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
2000 Ramakrishnan, Dinaker (Professor of Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology)
Mathematical Statistics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 2 December 1961, after general approval had been given by grace of 30 July 1960. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1962 Kendall, David George
1985 Williams, David
1992 Grimmett, Geoffrey Richard (previously Professor of Mathematics, Bristol University)
Mathematics for Operational Research, Churchill Professorship of
Endowed from a donation from the Esso Petroleum Company Limited, for a professorship of this title, accepted by grace of 2 February 1966. The professorship was established, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1967 Whittle, Peter
1994 Weber, Richard Robert
Mathematics of Systems, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Dr Kelly.
Mathematics, Lucasian Professorship of
Founded in 1663 in pursuance of the will of Henry Lucas, M.A., M.P. for the University, and endowed with an estate at and near Thirleigh, Bedfordshire. By Grace of the Senate of 27 May 1886 the Professor came under Statute B. The electors were the Vice-Chancellor and the Heads of Colleges until 1928 when, by grace of 3 March, the board of electors was reconstituted in accordance with Statute D.XIV.2. See also 'Pure Mathematics'.
1664 Barrow, Isaac resigned in favour of Newton
1669 Newton, Isaac, Sir with royal leave not to take holy orders
1702 Whiston, William
1711 Sanderson, Nicholas
1739 Colson, John
1760-98 Waring, Edward
1798-1820 Milner, Isaac
1820 Woodhouse, Robert
1822 Turton, Thomas
1826 Airy, George Biddell, Sir
1828 Babbage, Charles
1839 King, Joshua
1849 Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir
1903 Larmor, Joseph, Sir
1932 Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice
1969 Lighthill, Michael James, Sir
1979 Hawking, Stephen William
Established by grace of 17 March 1971 for Mr Swinnerton-Dyer; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1971 Dyer, Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-, Sir (resigned 1988)
Established by grace of 18 May 1983 for Dr Conway, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.
1983 Conway, John Horton (resigned 1987)
Mathematics, Rouse Ball Professorship of
Founded from a sum received from the trustees of the late Walter William Rouse Ball, Fellow of Trinity, with no limitation to any particular branch of the subject, and assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics. See also 'Pure Mathematics'.
1928 Littlewood, John Edensor
1950 Besicovitch, Abram Samoilovitch
1958 Davenport, Harold (died 1969)
1971 Thompson, John Griggs (retired 1993)
1994 Hitchin, Nigel James (previously Professor of Mathematics, Warwick University. Resigned 1997)
1998 Gowers, William Timothy
Mathematics, Visiting Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 May 1968, limited to one tenure of not more than five years, and assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics. Lapsed on the election of Professor Thompson to the Rouse Ball Professorship of Mathematics.
1968-70 Thompson, John Griggs
Mechanical Engineering, Professorship of
Mechanical Engineering, Professorship of
Established by grace 12 of 5 February 1997.
1998 Langley, Robin Stewart (previously Professor of Structural Dynamics, Southampton University)
Mechanics of Materials, Professorship of (1997)
1997 Fleck, Norman Andrew
Mechanics of Materials, Professorship of (1999)
Mechanics of Solids, Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 May 1972 for Dr Hill; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1972 Hill, Rodney (retired 1979)
Established by grace of 30 July 1960. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering. Re-titled 'Manufacturing Engineering' by grace 3 of 19 March 1986.
1962 Johnson, Daniel Cowan (resigned 1964)
1965 Parkes, Edward Walter
1975 Johnson, William [2] (retired 1982)
1986 Andrew, Colin
Mechanism and Applied Mechanics = Mechanical Sciences, Professorship of
Established by grace of 28 October 1875. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry. Transferred from the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry to the Special Board for Engineering Studies on its constitution in 1923. In 1934 the title of the chair was changed, by statute, from 'Mechanism and Applied Mechanics' to 'Mechanical Sciences' and by grace of 23 November 1966 to 'Engineering (1875)'.
1875 Stuart, James, Rt Hon.
1890 Ewing, James Alfred, Sir
1903 Hopkinson, Bertram
1919 Inglis, Charles Edward (retired 1940)
1943 Baker, John Fleetwood, Sir
Medical Genetics, Professorship of (1994)
Established by grace 4 of 20 July 1994.
1995 Bobrow, Martin (previously Prince Philip Professor of Paedriatric Research, United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, London)
Medical Genetics, Professorship of (1997)
Established by grace 5 of 18 October 1995.
1998 Todd, John Andrew (previously Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow of the Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford University)
Medical Materials, Professorship of
Established by grace 8 of 27 January 1999
2000 Bonfield, William (previously Professor of Materials and Director of the IRC in Biomedical Materials at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London)
Medical Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Dr Fitzsimons.
1990 Fitzsimons, James Thomas (retired 1995)
Medicinal Chemistry, Herchel Smith Professorship of
Established by grace of 6 May 1982; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine. Re-titled 'Organic Chemistry' in 1988.
1984 Hall, Laurance David
Medicine, Downing Professorship of
Founded in 1800 in pursuance of the will of Sir George Downing, Bart. The original electors were the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Masters of Clare, St John's and Downing, and the stipend £500 more than the dividend payable to each Fellow of Downing. In 1915 the electors were The Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Downing, or, if the Mastership were vacant or the Master a candidate, the senior member of the Governing body of Downing, not being a candidate, and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Medicine.
1800-14 Harwood, Busick, Sir
1814-41 Hewett, Cornwallis
1841-71 Fisher, William Webster
1874 Latham, Peter Wallwork
1894 Bradbury, John Buckley (d. 1930)
Medicine, Professorship of (1962)
Established by grace of 3 November 1962. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Medicine.
1963 Mills, Ivor Henry (retired 1988)
1989 Cox, Timothy Martin
Medicine, Professorship of (1987)
Established by grace 2 of 7 May 1987 with effect from October 1987.
1988 Sissons, John Gerald Patrick
Medieval and Renaissance English, Professorship of
Established by grace of 20 February 1954. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of English.
1954 Lewis, Clive Staples (resigned 1963)
1964 Bennett, Jack Arthur Walter
1978 Stevens, John Edgar
1988 Mann, Gillian Lesley (resigned 1999)
1999 Simpson, William James
Medieval Art, Professorship of
Established by grace of 8 May 1986 for Dr Henderson.
1986 Henderson, George David Smith (retired 1996)
Medieval Ecclesiastical History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for Dr Ullman, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of History. Lapsed on Professor Ullman's election to the chair of Medieval History.
1965-72 Ullmann, Walter
Medieval Hebrew Studies, Professorship of
1998 Reif, Stefan Clive (Senior Under-Librarian in the University Library)
Medieval History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 May 1937, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of History.
1937 Orton, Charles William Previté- (retired 1942)
1944 Brooke, Zachary Nugent (died 1946)
1947 Knowles, Michael Clive ('David'), Regius Professor of Modern History from 1954
1955 Cheney, Christopher Robert
1972 Ullmann, Walter
1978 Holt, James Clarke
1988 Dobson, Richard Barrie
1999 McKitterick, Rosamond Deborah
Medieval Latin Literature, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1989 for Mr Dronke.
1989 Dronke, Ernest Peter Michael
Mediterranean History, Professorship of
2000 Abulafia, David Samuel Harvard
Membrane Biophysics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 30 July 1980 for Dr Haydon; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of Physiology.
1980 Haydon, Denis Arthur (died 1988)
Membrane Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 June 1975 for Dr Glynn; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1975 Glynn, Ian Michael (elected Professor of Physiology, 1986)
Mental Philosophy and Logic, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 December 1896 with the aid of Henry Sidgwick who gave, until 1900, £200 a year towards the Professor's stipend. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Moral Science. In 1934 the title of the chair was changed to 'Philosophy' q.v.
1897 Ward, James
1925 Moore, George Edward
Metabolic Medicine, Professorship of
1996 O'Rahilly, Stephen (Wellcome Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science in the Department of Medicine)
Metallurgy, Goldsmiths' Professorship of
Established by grace of 20 November 1931 to replace the Goldsmiths' Readership in Metallurgy. A further gift of £12,500 was received from the Goldsmiths' Company in 1933. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. Retitled Goldsmiths' Professorship of Materials Science by grace 4 of 19 June 1991.
1932 Hutton, Robert Salmon (retired 1942)
1945 Austin, George Wesley
1958 Cottrell, Alan Howard, Sir (resigned 1965)
1966 Honeycombe, Robert William Kerr
1984 Hull, Derek (retired 1991)
Mexican History, Professorship of
Microbial Biochemistry, Professorship of
1999 Ellar, David John
Microelectronics, Professorship of
1992 Ahmed, Haroon
Mineral Physics, Professorship of
1992 Salje, Ekhard Karl Hermann (Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology, 1994)
Mineralogy and Petrology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 24 April 1931, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned, originally, to the Faculty of Biology 'A' whence it was transferred, by grace of 5 December 1931, to the Faculty of Geography and Geology.
1931 Tilley, Cecil Edgar
1961 Deer, William Alexander
1978 Oxburgh, Ernest Ronald (retired 1991)
1994 Salje, Ekhard Karl Hermann
Founded by the University in 1808 for E. D. Clarke (who had already been lecturing for two years prior to the foundation) and continued after his death. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry. Discontinued on the retirement of Hutchinson (but replaced by the Professorship of Mineralogy and Petrology).
1808-22 Clarke, Edward Daniel
1822 Henslow, John Stevens
1828 Whewell, William
1832 Miller, William Hallowes
1881 Lewis, William James
1926 Hutchinson, Arthur (retired 1931)
Modern and Contemporary History, Professorship of
1993 Andrew, Christopher Maurice
Modern British History, Professorship of
Modern English History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for Dr Plumb, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of History.
1965 Plumb, John Harold (resigned 1973)
Modern English, Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 May 1972 for Dr Holloway; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of English.
1972 Holloway, John (retired 1982)
Modern European History, Professorship of
1992 Blanning, Timothy Charles William
Modern French Literature, Professorship of
1997 Prendergast, Christopher Alan Joseph
Modern History, Professorship of
By grace of 13 June 1930 a chair was established, to be held in the first instance by H. W. V. Temperley, the title of the professorship was to be taken, in the absence of a specific chair for that subject, to include medieval history. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of History.
1930 Temperley, Harold William Vazeille (d. 1939)
1944 Butterfield, Herbert, Sir
1963 Wilson, Charles Henry (resigned 1979)
1980 Beales, Derek Edward Dawson (retired 1997)
1998 Evans, Richard John [2] (previously Professor of History at Birkbeck College, London)
Modern History, Regius Professorship of
Instituted by George I in 1724 and continued by succeeding sovereigns. The professor was to maintain, out of his stipend of £400, at least two teachers of modern languages who were to give free instruction to twenty scholars nominated by the King, one of the aims being to equip graduates for diplomatic service. In 1915 the stipend was £800 (or £600 for Heads or Fellows). Appointment is by the Crown.
1724 Harris, Samuel
1735 Turner, Shallet
1762 Brockett, Laurence
1768 Gray, Thomas
1771-1807 Symonds, John [1]
1807 Smyth, William [3]
1849 Stephen, James, Sir
1860 Kingsley, Charles
1869 Seeley, John Robert, Sir
1895 Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Baron Acton of Aldenham, Sir
1902 Bury, John Bagnell
1927 Trevelyan, George Macaulay (resigned 1941)
1943 Clark, George Norman, Sir
1947 Butler, James Ramsay Montagu
1954 Knowles, Michael Clive ('David')
1963 Butterfield, Herbert, Sir
1968 Chadwick, William Owen, Sir
1983 Elton, Geoffrey Rudolph, Sir
1988 Collinson, Patrick
1996 Skinner, Quentin Robert Duthie
Modern Indian History, Professorship of
1991 Bayly, Christopher Alan (Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History 1992)
Modern Japanese Studies, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 August 1984; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Oriental Studies. Retitled Japanese Studies by grace 1 of 19 March 1997.
Modern Languages, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
1966 Green, Dennis Howard (elected Schröder Professor of German 1979)
1982 Nisbet, Hugh Barr
Molecular Endocrinology, Professorship of
Established by grace 2 of 23 May 1990.
1990 Siddle, Kenneth
Molecular Enzymology, Professorship of
Molecular Microbiology, Professorship of
1996 Salmond, George Peacock Copland (previously Professor of Microbiology, Warwick University)
Molecular Parasitology, Glaxo Professorship of
Established by grace 14 of 24 July 1991 from the endowment of Glaxo Holdings plc.
1991 Blackwell, Jenefer Mary (previously Reader and Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Molecular Pharmacology, Professorship of
1999 Irvine, Robin Francis (previously Deputy Chief Scientific Officer at the Babraham Institute, Cambs)
Molecular Sciences Informatics, Unilever Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 20 May 1998 from a benefaction.
1999 Glen, Robert Charles (previously Vice-President of Discovery Research, Tripos Inc., St Louis, USA)
Moral Philosophy, Knightbridge Professorship of
Founded in 1683 as a Professorship of 'Moral Theology or Casuisticall Divnity' (and sometimes referred to as the Professorship of Casuistry) in pursuance of the will of John Knightbridge, D.D., Fellow of Peterhouse; further endowed in 1707 by a bequest from the first holder, Dr Smoult. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Moral Science. By grace of 20 October 1965 the title of the professorship was changed to the 'Knightbridge Professorship of Philosophy' with effect from the end of Professor Braithwaite's tenure.
1683 Smoult, Thomas
1707 Colbatch, John
1744 Walker, Richard
1764-69 Law, Edmund [1]
1769-88 Plumptre, Robert
1788 Borlase, George
1809-13 Cory, Robert Towerson
1813-38 Barnes, Francis
1838 Whewell, William
1855 Grote, John
1866 Maurice, John Frederick Denison
1872 Birks, Thomas Rawson
1883 Sidgwick, Henry
1909 Sorley, William Ritchie
1933 Broad, Charlie Dunbar
1953 Braithwaite, Richard Bevan
Morbid Anatomy and Histology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 13 June 1973 for Dr Gresham; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. Retitled Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology on the retirement of Professor Gresham.
1973 Gresham, Geoffrey Austin (retired 1992)
Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology, Professorship of
Established by grace 3 of 9 May 1991. Retitled Histopathology by grace 18 of 27 July 1994.
1992 Williams Dillwyn, Sir (retired 1996)
Founded, the first such, by the University in 1684, on the recommendation of the Crown, but carrying no stipend until 1868. Full residence was not required until 1935, but the Professor was obliged to give at least four lectures annually, and to take part in all the examinations for degrees in music and in the Special Examinations in Music for the Ordinary B.A. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Music. By grace of 2 May 1920, amended in 1926-7, the regulations provided that (1) the appointment be for a period of five years, renewable; (2) the professor be not bound to reside; (3) that he lecture and be available to students in Michaelmas and Lent Terms and act as an examiner in all degrees in music; (4) that any fees charged for his lectures be paid into a Faculty Fund and used to pay for any illustrations to his lectures. By grace of 6 December 1929 paragraph 4 was amended to allow for payment from the same fund to the professor for any teaching undertaken at the request, and on the behalf, of the Faculty of Music. By grace of 17 May 1935 it was determined that from the next tenure the professorship should be governed only by Statute D.XIII.5.
1684 Staggins, Nicholas
1705 Tudway, Thomas
1730 Greene, Maurice
1755 Randall, John
1799 Hague, Charles
1821 Whitfield, John Clarke-
1836 Walmisley, Thomas Attwood
1856 Bennett, William Sterndale, Sir
1875 Macfarren, George Alexander, Sir
1887 Stanford, Charles Villiers, Sir
1924 Wood, Charles
1926 Dent, Edward Joseph (retired 1941)
1946 Hadley, Patrick Arthur Sheldon
1962 Dart, Robert Thurston (resigned 1964)
1965 Orr, Robert Kemsley
1976 Goehr, Alexander
1999 Parker, Roger (previously Professor of Music, Oxford University)
Mycenean Greek, Professorship of
1997 Killen, John Tyrrell (retired 1999)
Established by grace of 17 March 1971 for Dr Garrett; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1971 Garrett, Stephen Denis (resigned 1973)
Nanotechnology, Professorship of
1999 Welland, Mark Edward
Natural (Experimental) Philosophy, Jacksonian Professor of
Founded in 1783 in pursuance of the will of the Rev. Richard Jackson. The professor was to 'have an eye more particularly to that opprobrium medicorum called the gout' but was otherwise allowed great latitude in the choice of subjects, provided they were experimental in character. He was expected to exhibit the natural bodies on which he lectured and to perform chemical analyses of them. Election was originally by the Regent House, preference being given to members of Trinity and to men from Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire or Cheshire. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry. The stipend, after Dewar's tenure, was to be £800, bating £200 for Heads and Fellows. Appointments were twice suspended after Professor Wilson's retirement in June 1935. By grace of 25 February 1939 it was decided that the Professor's duties should no longer be specially prescribed, but that the rules for Professors in general should be applied. By grace of 1 December 1965 it was decided that the work of the professor should be permanently concerned with physics.
1783-92 Milner, Isaac
1792-1813 Wollaston, Francis John Hyde
1813 Farish, William
1837 Willis, Robert
1874 Dewar, James, Sir (d. 1923)
1925 Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees (retired 1935)
1936 Appleton, Edward Victor, Sir
1939 Cockcroft, John Douglas, Sir (resigned 1946)
1947 Frisch, Otto Robert
1972 Cook, Alan Hugh (retired 1990)
1991 Longair, Malcolm Sim (previously Professor of Astronomy, Edinburgh University, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, and Director of the Royal Observatory at Edinburgh)
Naval History, Vere Harmsworth Professorship of
Established by grace of 16 May 1919 from a benefaction of £20,000 offered by Lord Rothermere in memory of his second son, who had been due to come up to Trinity College in 1914 but, after distinguished military service was killed on 31 November 1916 at the battle of Ancre. The first appointment was made by Lord Rothermere. The election since is governed by Statute B.IX and the residence and duties by Statute B.XI. The Professor was assigned to the Special Board for History and Archaeology. In 1933 the title was changed to 'Imperial and Naval History'. By grace of 25 February 1939 Viscount Rothermere's gift of securities for the further endowment of the professorship was accepted.
1919 Rose, John Holland (resigned 1933)
1934 Richmond, Herbert William [2], Admiral Sir
1936 Walker, Eric Anderson
Nehru, Jawaharlal, Visiting Professorship
Established by grace of 3 November 1982. The title of the professorship is determined at the time of election. It is placed in Schedule B and H of the Statutes and governed by special regulations.
1983 Rao, Chintamani Nages Ramachandra (Physical Chemistry)
1984 Chakravarty, Sukhamay (Economics and Politics)
1985 Correa, Charles Mark (Architecture)
1986 Chandrasekhar, Sivaramakrishna (Physics)
1987 Subrahmanyam, Krishnaswami (History)
1988 Vacant
1989 Narasimha, Roddam (Engineering)
1990 Vacant
1992 Buultjens, Ralph (Social and Political Sciences)
Neurological Genetics, Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 18 November 1998.
1999 Constant, Charles Kenvyn Ffrench-
Established in 1988 for one tenure.
1989 Compston, David Alastair Standish
Neuropathology, Professorship of
1998 Blakemore, William Frederick
Neurophysiology, Professorship of
Neuroscience, Professorship of (1986)
Established by grace of 8 May 1986 for Dr Burrows.
1986 Burrows, Malcolm (Professor of Zoology, 1996)
Neuroscience, Professorship of (1994)
1994 Lamb, Trevor David
Neuroscience, Professorship of (1999)
1999 Herbert, Joseph
Neurosensory Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 18 May 1983 for Dr Campbell, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Physiology.
1983 Campbell, Fergus William (retired 1991)
Neurosurgery, Bayer Professorship of
Established by grace 3 of 28 February 1990. By grace 2 of 1 March 2000 'Bayer' was removed from the title.
2000 Pickard, John Douglas (previously Professor of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Southampton University)
Nonlinear Dynamics, Professorship of
1995 Mackay, Robert Sinclair (previously Professor of Mathematics, Warwick University. Resigned 2000)
Nuclear Medicine, Professorship of
Established grace 3 of 25 February 1998.
1998 Peters, Adrien Michael (previously Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital)
Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations, Professorship of
1999 Iserles, Arieh
Established by grace of 17 March 1971 for Dr Grierson; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of History.
1971 Grierson, Philip (retired 1978)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Professorship of (1975)
Established by grace of 26 February 1975; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
1975 Vacant
1976 Douglas, Charles Primrose
1988 Smith, Stephen Kevin
Ocean Geochemistry and Palaeochemistry, Professorship of
1999 Elderfield, Henry
Organic and Polymer Chemistry, Professorship of
1998 Holmes, Andrew Bruce
Organic Chemistry, Herchel Smith Professorship of
Previously entitled 'Medicinal Chemistry'.
1988 Fersht, Alan Roy
Organic Chemistry, Professorship of (1702)
This is the 1702 chair in Chemistry renamed 'Organic Chemistry' by grace of 26 February 1943. Retitled the BP Professorship of Organic Chemistry by grace 9 of 1 May 1991 in acknowledgement of a benefaction.
1944 Todd, Alexander Robertus (Lord Todd, 1962) (resigned 1971)
1972 Raphael, Ralph Alexander
1988 Battersby, Alan Rushton
1992 Ley, Steven Victor (previously Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine)
Organic Chemistry, Professorship of (1969)
Established by grace of 26 February 1969 for A. R. Battersby, for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1959 Battersby, Alan Rushton (elected Professor of Organic Chemistry (1702) in 1988)
Organic Chemistry, Professorship of (1998)
1998 Fleming, Ian
Paediatrics, Professorship of (1978)
Established by grace of 1 February 1978; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
1979 Davis, John Allen (retired Dec. 1988)
1989 Hughes, Ieuan Arwel
Paediatrics, Professorship of (1998)
Established by grace 6 of 17 June 1998.
2000 Dunger, David Brian (previously Reader in Paediatrics, Oxford University)
Palaeoecology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 June 1975 for Dr West; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1975 West, Richard Gilbert (elected Professor of Botany, 1977)
Palaeography and Cultural History, Professorship of
Palaeontology and Biostratigraphy, Professorship of
Established by Grace of 6 December 1883. The Professor was forbidden to undertake the private practice of medicine or surgery. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Medicine. By grace of 9 February 1924 the professorship was transferred from the Special Board of Medicine to the Special Board for Biology and Geology; but by grace of 21 November of the same year, it was returned to Medicine. By grace of 22 April 1927 it was assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1884 Roy, Charles Stuart
1897 Kanthack, Alfred Antunes
1899 Woodhead, German Sims
1922 Dean, Henry Roy (died 1961)
1962 Greaves, Ronald Ivan Norreys
1975 Wildy, Norman Peter Leete (died 1987)
1987 Smith, Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-
1998 Wyllie, Andrew David Hamilton (previously Professor of Experimental Pathology, Edinburgh University)
Established for Dr Levy by grace of 6 May 1950. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Oriental Languages.
1950 Levy, Reuben (retired 1958)
Petroleum Science, BP Professorship of
Established by grace 4 of 21 October 1998.
2000 Woods, Andrew William (previously Professor of Applied Mathematics, Bristol University)
Pharmacology, Sheild Professorship of
Established for the tenure of E. B. Verney by grace of 7 June 1946. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. By grace of 11 March 1961 the professorship was re-established on a permanent basis.
1946 Verney, Ernest Basil
1962 Burgen, Arnold Stanley Vincent (resigned 1971)
1973 Born, Gustav Victor Rudolf (resigned 1978)
1979 Cuthbert, Alan William
1999 McNaughton, Peter Anthony (previously Halliburton Professor of Pharmacology, King's College, London)
Philosophy of Science, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 June 1975 for Miss Hesse; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.
1975 Hesse, Mary Brenda (retired 1985)
Philosophy (previously Mental Philosophy and Logic), Professorship of
The title of the chair was altered by a Statute approved in 1934. See also 'Mental Philosophy and Logic'.
1939 Wittgenstein, Ludwig
1948 Wright, Georg Henrik von
1952 Wisdom, Arthur John Terence Dibben (resigned 1968)
1970 Anscombe, Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret
1986 Mellor, David Hugh (retired 1999)
Philosophy, Knightbridge Professor of
This is the previous Knightbridge Professorship of Moral Philosophy, re-named by grace of 20 October 1965.
1967 Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen (retired 1979)
1980 Smiley, Timothy John
1998 Craig, Edward John
Philosophy, Professorship of (1999)
1999 Heal, Barbara Jane
Founded by Henry VIII in 1504 with a stipend of £40. In 1652 John Crane bequeathed to the university, for the use of the professor, a house on a site subsequently required for the building of the Senate House and so exchanged, in 1724, for one in Market Street. Re-assigned from the Faculty of Clinical Medicine to the Department of Medicine by grace 3 of 18 March 1987. Appointment is by the Crown.
1540 Blyth, John
1554 c. Hatcher, John
1555 c. Walker, Henry
1564 Lorkyn, Thomas
1591? Ward, William
1596 Burton, William
1623 Gostlyn, John
1625 Collins, John
1635 Winterton, Ralph
1636 Glisson, Francis
1677-1700 Brady, Robert
1700-41 Green, Christopher
1741-93 Plumptre, Russell
1793-1817 Pennington, Isaac, Sir
1817-51 Haviland, John
1851-72 Bond, Henry John Hayles
1872-92 Paget, George Edward, Sir
1892 Allbutt, Thomas Clifford, Sir
1925 Rolleston, Humphry Davy, Sir
1932 Brown, Walter Langdon-, Sir
1935 Ryle, John Alfred (resigned 1943)
1945 Whitby, Lionel Ernest Howard, Sir (died 1956)
1957 Mitchell, Joseph Stanley
1975 Butterfield, William John Hughes, Sir (took up appointment on 1 Jan. 1976)
1987 Peters, David Keith
Physical Chemistry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1978 for Dr Thrush; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1978 Thrush, Brian Arthur (retired 1995)
Physical Chemistry, Professorship of
Established by the University by grace of 14 February 1920, the stipend being charged to the income of a Fund established by a benefaction made by the British Oil Companies. The election is governed by Statute B.IX and the residence and duties by Statute B.XI.
1920 Lowry, Thomas Martin
1937 Norrish, Ronald George Wreyford
1965 Linnett, John Wilfrid (died 1975)
1978 Thomas, John Meurig (resigned 1986)
1988 King, David Anthony
Physical Electronics, Professorship of
1999 Migliorato, Piero
Physical Metallurgy, Professorship of
1999 Bhadeshia, Harshad Kumar Dharamshi Hansraj
Physics (1966; grace 7 of 1 Dec. 1965), Professorship of
A professorship of Physics was established by grace 7 of 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, and was discontinued by grace of 3 December 1969, with effect from January 1966, for so long as the Visiting Professorship of Theoretical Physics, established by grace of 2 November 1966 should remain in being.
1976 Heine, Volker
Physics (1966; grace 7 of 1 Dec. 1965), Professorship of
This is the new title of the Professorship of Radio Astronomy, made permanent and re-titled, by grace 19 of 1 Dec. 1965, with effect from the end of Professor Ryle's tenure in 1982, at which time the professorship was revived, but not filled. Released from abeyance by grace of 30 July 1986.
1987 Pepper, Michael
1997 Littlewood, Peter Brent (previously Head of the Theoretical Physics Department at the Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, New Jersey)
Physics, Cavendish Professorship of
This is the new title of the Cavendish Professorship of Experimental Physics, re-named by grace of 21 January 1970.
1971 Pippard, Alfred Brian, Sir (retired 1982)
1984 Edwards, Samuel Frederick, Sir
1995 Friend, Richard Henry
Physics, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
By grace of 1 November 1958 the John Humphrey Plummer professorship of Mathematical Physics, vacant by the death of Professor Hartree, was to be continued in the subject either of Experimental Physics or Theoretical Physics. In 1960 Dr A. B. Pippard was elected to the chair (Experimental Physics) and, in view of the nature of his work, the title was changed, by grace of 30 July 1960, to 'Physics' and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. By grace of 22 July 1987 the professorship was re-titled 'Magnetic Resonance'.
1960 Pippard, Alfred Brian, Sir (elected Cavendish Professor, 1971)
1972 Edwards, Samuel Frederick, Sir (elected Cavendish Professor, 1984)
1987 Freeman, Raymond (retired 1999)
Physics, Professorship of (1919)
Established by the University by grace of 16 May 1919 to provide for Thomson, who had resigned the Cavendish chair to make way for Ernest Rutherford. Rooms and other facilities were provided at the Cavendish, but no stipend. The professorship lapsed on Thomson's death. (See also 'Experimental Physics'.)
1919 Thomson, Joseph John, Sir (d. 1940)
Physics, Professorship of (1973)
Two professorships were established by grace of 13 June 1973 for Drs Shoenberg and Tabor; each of them limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1973 Shoenberg, David
1973 Tabor, David (retired 1981)
Physics, Professorship of (1974)
Established by grace of 15 May 1974 for Dr Josephson; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
Physics, Professorship of (1986)
Established by grace of 8 May 1986 for Dr Howie.
1986 Howie, Archibald
Physics, Professorship of (1990)
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Mr Brown.
Physiology of Reproduction, Mary Marshall (and Arthur Walton) Professorship of
By grace of 22 January 1954 the bequest of Francis Hugh Adam Marshall, Sc.D., sometime Reader in Agricultural Physiology, for the establishment of a professorship of the Physiology and Reproduction in member of his mother, Mary Marshall, was accepted, and by grace of 30 May 1959 general approval was given to the establishment of such a professorship for one tenure. By grace of 13 May 1961 an offer from the Milk Marketing Board and Private Centres Group to provide a sum of £32,000 to convert the chair to a permanent one was accepted, and the title of the professorship changed to commemorate also the work of the late Dr Arthur Walton of Downing College.
1960 Parkes, Alan Sterling
1967 Mann, Tadeusz Rudolph Robert
1977 Jewell, Peter Arundel
1992 Surani, Mohamed Azim Habib (previously Chief Scientific Officer at the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research at Babraham)
Established by grace of 10 May 1883, largely in recognition of the work of Michael Foster, Praelector in Physiology at Trinity College since 1870. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Biology and Geology. Assigned by grace of 22 April 1937 to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1883 Foster, Michael, Sir
1903 Langley, John Newport
1925 Barcroft, Joseph, Sir
1937 Adrian, Edgar Douglas (Baron Adrian)
1952 Matthews, Bryan Harold Cabot, Sir
1973 Keynes, Richard Darwin
1986 Glynn, Ian Michael (retired 1995)
1996 Thomas, Roger Christopher (previously Professor of Physiology, Bristol University)
Plant Biochemistry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 May 1972 for Dr Northcote; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1972 Northcote, Donald Henry (retired 1989)
Plant Biophysics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 May 1987 for Miss MacRobbie.
1987 MacRobbie, Enid Anne Campbell (retired 1999)
Plant Cytogenetics, Professorship of
1996 Parker, John Stewart (Director of the Botanic Garden; previously Head of the Department of Botany, Reading University)
Plant Ecology, Professorship of
Established by grace 7 of 27 October 1999
2000 Griffiths, Howard (previously Professor of Plant Ecophysiology, Newcastle University)
Plant Molecular Biology, Professorship of
1996 Gray, John Clinton
Plant Physiology, Professorship of
Established for the tenure of G. E. Briggs by grace of 7 June 1946. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A'. It lapsed on Briggs' election to the Professorship of Botany.
Political Economy, Professorship of
The title was first conferred by grace of 21 May 1828 on George Pryme, and was estagblished by grace of 29 October 1863. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Economics and Politics.
1828 Pryme, George
1863 Fawcett, Henry
1884 Marshall, Alfred
1908 Pigou, Arthur Cecil (retired 1943)
1944 Robertson, Dennis Holme, Sir
1957 Meade, James Edward, Sir (resigned 1968)
1969 Reddaway, William Brian
1980 Matthews, Robert Charles Oliver (retired 1991)
1992 Atkinson, Anthony Barnes (previously Tooke Professor of Economic Science and Statistics, LSE. Resigned 1994.)
1995 Mirrlees, James Alexander, Sir (previously Edgeworth Professor of Economics, Oxford University)
Political Science, Professorship of
Endowed by a donation from the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, accepted by grace of 13 November 1926, of $150,000. The professor was, with the approval of the General Board, allowed to devote one term in each year to research, in addition to the allowances under Statute D.xii.5, provided only that he be not absent for more than three terms in succession. The professor was assigned to the Faculty of History, and was also a member of the Faculty Board of Economics and Politics.
1927 Barker, Ernest
1939 Brogan, Denis William, Sir
1967 Gallie, Walter Bryce
1978 Skinner, Quentin Robert Duthie (Regius Professor of Modern History, 1996)
1997 Jones, Gareth Stedman
Political Theory, Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 May 1987 for Mr Dunn. Originally assigned to the Faculty of History; re-assigned to the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, 9 December 1987.
1987 Dunn, John Montfort
Prehistory and Human Evolution, Professorship of
1997 Mellars, Paul Antony
Primary Education, Professorship of
Established by grace 5 of 27 October 1999.
2000 Pollard, Andrew John (previously Professor of Education, Bristol University)
Process Innovation, Professorship of
Established by grace 6 of 22 March 2000.
2000 Jones, Peter Brian (previously Professor of Psychiatry and Community Mental Health, Nottingham University)
Psychiatry, Professorship of (1976)
Established by grace of 28 January 1976; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
1977 Roth, Martin, Sir
1985 Paykel, Eugene Stern
Psychiatry, Professorship of (1999)
Established by grace 5 of 21 October 1998.
1999 Bullmore, Edward Thomas (previously Wellcome Trust Advanced Research Training Fellow and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London)
Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies, Professorship of
2000 Mitchell, Juliet Constance Wyatt
Psychological Criminology, Professorship of
Public Health, Professorship of
This is the Professorship of Community Medicine, re-titled on Professor Acheson's retirement in 1988.
1989 Day, Nicholas Edward (resigned 1999)
Pure Mathematics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 15 May 1974 for Dr Baker; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1974 Baker, Alan
Pure Mathematics, Sadleirian Professorship of
Lady Sadleir, widow first of William Croome, M.D., Fellow of Emmanuel and the proposer of the scheme, and then of Sir Edwin Sadleir, by her will dated 25 September 1701, made provision for lectures in the different colleges 'for the full and clear explication and teaching that part of mathematical knowledge commonly called algebra'. Lady Sadleir died in 1706 and the lectures started in Emmanuel at Michaelmas, 1710, and subsequently at other colleges. The scheme proved unsatisfactory, and by statute approved by the Queen in Council in 1860, the lectureships were replaced by a professorship. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor, three Heads of Colleges, elected by those on the electoral roll, to have tenure for the duration of their headship, and the Lucasian, Plumian and Lowndean Professors, all these corporately know as the Sadleirian or Algebra Trustees. By grace of 3 March 1928 the board of electors was re-constituted in accordance with Statute D.xiv.2.
1863 Cayley, Arthur
1895 Forsyth, Andrew Russell
1910 Hobson, Ernest William
1931 Hardy, Godfrey Harold (retired 1942)
1945 Mordell, Louis Joel
1953 Hall, Philip
1967 Cassels, John William Scott (retired 1984)
1986 Coates, John Henry
Quantum Chemistry, Professorship of
Quaternary Palaeoclimatology, Professorship of
1991 Shackleton, Nicholas John, Sir
Quaternary Prehistory, Professorship of
Established by grace of 11 May 1977 for Dr McBurney; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology.
1977 McBurney, Charles Brian Montagu (died 1979)
Radio Astronomy, Professorship of (1971)
Established by grace of 13 June 1959 for M. Ryle and limited to one tenure. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. By grace 19 of 1 December 1965 the professorship was re-established on a permanent basis with effect from 1 January 1966, and was, with effect from the end of Professor Ryle's tenure, to carry the title 'Professorship of Physics' [(1966; grace 19 of 1 Dec. 1965)]. However, by grace of 10 December 1969 a further professorship of Radio Astronomy was established as from 1 October 1971, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1959 Ryle, Martin, Sir (retired 1982)
1971 Hewish, Antony (retired Dec. 1989)
1990 Hills, Richard Edwin
Radioastronomy, Professorship of (1989)
Established by grace of 10 May 1989 for Dr Baldwin.
1989 Baldwin, John Evan (retired 1999)
Established by grace of 23 February 1977; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
1978 Sherwood, Thomas [2]
1994 Dixon, Adrian Kendal
Radiotherapeutics, Professorship of
Established for the tenure of J. S. Mitchell by grace of 1 March 1946. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Medicine. It lapsed on the appointment of J. S. Mitchell as Regius Professor of Physic but by grace of 8 May 1974 was re-established for Professor Mitchell; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
1946-57 Mitchell, Joseph Stanley (Regius Professor of Physic from 1957)
1975-76 Mitchell, Joseph Stanley (retired 1976)
Reproductive Immunology, Professorship of
2000 Loke, Yung Wai
Reproductive Sciences, Professorship of
1992 Johnson, Martin Hugh
Respiratory Biology, Professorship of
Established by grace 7 of 22 July 1998.
1998 Lomas, David Arthur
Respiratory Medicine, Professorship of
Established by grace 2 of 8 May 1997.
1998 Chilvers, Edwin Roy (previously Reader and Senior Wellcome Research Fellow in Clinical Science, Edinburgh University)
Rheumatology, Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 1 March 1995.
1992 Gaston, John Stanley Hill (previously Professor of Experimental Rheumatology, Birmingham University)
RNA Biochemistry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 16 May 1867. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Oriental Studies. Abolished on the death of Professor Brough in accordance with grace 1 of 8 June 1983.
1867 Cowell, Edward Byles
1903 Bendall, Cecil
1906 Rapson, Edward James
1936 Bailey, Harold Walter, Sir
1967 Brough, John (died Jan. 1984)
Scandinavian Studies, Professorship of
Established for the tenure of B. W. Downs by grace of 27 May 1950. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. The professorship lapsed on the retirement of Professor Downs.
1950 Downs, Brian Westerdale (retired 1960)
Signal Processing, Professorship of
Slavonic Studies, Professorship of
Established for the tenure of Miss E. M. Hill by grace of 7 August 1948. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. Re-established on a permanent basis by grace of 7 December 1966 with effect from 1 October 1968.
1948 Hill, Elizabeth Mary
1968 Lewitter, Lucjan Ryszard (retired 1984)
1985 Cross, Anthony Glenn
Social Anthropology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 May 1972 for Mr Leach; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology.
1972 Leach, Edmund Ronald, Sir (retired 1978)
Social Anthropology, William Wyse Professorship of
Established partly with the support of Trinity college from money bequeathed to them by William Wyse, formerly Fellow and Honorary Fellow of Trinity, by grace of 18 June 1932. The Professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology.
1932 Hodson, Thomas Callan
1937 Hutton, John Henry
1950 Fortes, Meyer
1973 Goody, John Rankine
1984 Gellner, Ernest André (retired 1992)
1993 Strathern, Ann Marilyn (previously Professor of Social Anthropology, Manchester University)
Social History, Professorship of
1998 Wrightson, Keith Edwin (resigned 1999)
Social Theory, Professorship of
A visiting professorship, with tenure of one year, established as from 1 October 1953 by graces of 7 June and 2 August 1952.
1953 Parsons, Talcott
1954 Warner, William Lloyd
1955 Homans, George Caspar
1956 Lapsed
Established by grace of 15 May 1968 for Mr Barnes, for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics. Re-established for one further tenure by grace of 13 February 1985.
1969 Barnes, John Arundel (retired 1982)
1985 Giddens, Anthony (resigned 1997)
1998 Turner, Bryan Stanley (previously Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Foundation Professor of Sociology, Deakin University, Australia)
Soil Mechanics, Professorship of
Spanish Golden-Age Literature, Culture and Society, Professorship of
1999 McKendrick, Melveena Christine
Established by grace of 27 May 1933 for a single tenure, placed placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. The professorship was continued, by grace of 7 June 1952, after the resignation of Professor Trend.
1933 Trend, John Brande
1953 Wilson, Edward Meryon
1973 Jones, Royston Oscar
1975 Smith, Christopher Colin (retired 1990)
1991 Smith, Paul Julian (previously Reader in Hispanic Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London)
Statistical Science, Professorship of
Established by grace 5 of 26 May 1993; amended by grace 9 of 27 April 1994.
1994 Smith, Richard Lyttleton (previously Professor of Statistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Stroke Medicine, Professorship of
Established by grace 6 of 27 October 1999.
2000 Baron, Jean-Claude previously Director of Research (Neurosciences) at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research at Caen)
Structural Biochemistry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1989 for Dr Perham.
Structural Biology, Professorship of
2000 Laue, Ernest Douglas
Structural Dynamics, Professorship of
1999 Woodhouse, James
Structural Engineering, Professorship of
2000 Pellegrino, Sergio
Structural Mechanics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 8 May 1986 for Dr Calladine.
1986 Calladine, Christopher Reuben
Superconductivity, Professorship of
Established by grace 15 of 16 June 1993.
1994 Liang, Wei Yao
Surface Chemistry, Professorship of
Surface Physics, Professorship of
Established by grace 12 of 1 December 1965 for Dr Bowden, for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1965 Bowden, Frank Philip (died 1968)
Established by grace of 10 May 1883, the chair was suspended in 1896, and re-established by grace of 11 June 1903. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Medicine. The Professorship was discontinued by grace of 4 June 1921. By grace of 10 March 1965 it was again established, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Medicine.
1883-1896 Humphry, George Murray, Sir
1903-15 Marsh, Frederick Howard
1965 Calne, Roy Yorke, Sir (retired 1998)
Surgery, Professorship of (1996)
Established by grace 4 of 14 February 1996.
1997 Bradley, John Andrew (previously Professor and Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow University)
2000
Established by grace of 28 May 1969 for Dr Lyttleton, for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and primarily assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics. By grace of 27 October 1972 assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. By grace of 30 May 1973 it was determined that the professorship, on the termination of Professor Lyttleton's tenure should be re-established on a permanent basis as the Professorship of Mathematical Physics (1978).
1969 Lyttleton, Raymond Arthur (retired 1978)
Theoretical Astronomy, Professorship of (1999)
Theoretical Astrophysics, Professorship of
1993 Gough, Douglas Owen
Theoretical Chemistry, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 November 1931 from the J. H. Plummer bequest originally under the title of 'Inorganic Chemistry', which was changed to 'Theoretical Chemistry' by grace of 19 December 1932. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. Discontinued by grace of 15 May 1968.
1932 Jones, John Edward Lennard-, Sir (resigned 1953)
1954 Higgins, Hugh Christopher Longuet- (resigned 1967)
Theoretical Geography, Professorship of
1997 Cliff, Andrew David
Theoretical Geophysics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 8 March 1989 for Dr Huppert.
1989 Huppert, Hubert Eric
Theoretical Physics, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 21 October 1992
1993 Green, Michael Boris (previously Professor of Physics and Queen Mary and Westfield College, London)
Theoretical Physics, Professorship of (1992)
1992 Goddard, Peter
Theoretical Physics, Professorship of (1997)
Theoretical Physics, Professorship of (1998)
Theoretical Physics, Professorship of (1999)
1999 Webber, Bryan Ronald
Theoretical Physics, Professorship of (2000)
2000 Drummond, Ian Thomas
Theoretical Physics, Visiting Professorship of
Established by grace of 2 November 1966 for Dr Anderson, limited to one tenure of not more than three years, and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. Extended by grace of 10 December 1969 for a further period of five years from 1 October 1970.
1967 Anderson, Philip Warren (resigned 1975)
Theoretical Solid Mechanics, Professorship of
Established by grace 3 of 27 January 1993.
1994 Willis, John Raymond (previously Professor of Applied Mathematics, Bath University. Resigned 2000.)
Therapeutic Immunology, Kay Kendall Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 22 November 1989.
1989 Waldmann, Herman (resigned 1994)
Transfusion Medicine, Professorship of
Established by grace of 14 February 1990 and assigned to the Department of Haematology.
1991 Allain, Jean-Pierre (previously Director of Medical Affairs at the Abbott Laboratories, Chicago)
Tropical Botany, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for Dr Corner, for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A.
1965 Corner, Edred John Henry (retired 1973)
Tumour Immunology, Sheila Joan Smith Professorship of
Established by grace of 2 November 1977; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. Re-assigned to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine by grace of 21 January 1987. Further re-assigned to the Department of Medicine, and re-titled 'Immunology', by grace of 17 February 1988
1977-1988 Lachmann, Peter Julius (Immunology, Sheila Joan Smith Professorship of, 1988)
Turbomachinery Aerodynamics, Professorship of
1991 Denton, John Douglas
Veterinary Clinical Studies, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 March 1950. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Medicine. Transferred on 1 January 1975 to the Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies.
1951 Pugh, Leslie Penrhys
1963 Phillipson, Andrew Tindal (died 1977)
1979 Bodger, Alasdair Steele- (retired 1990)
1991 Jeffcott, Leo Broof (previously Professor of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Melbourne University)
Veterinary Science, Professorship of
Established by grace 2 of 22 May 1991.
1994 McConnell, Ian (previously Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Edinburgh University)
Established by grace 1 of 30 January 1991.
Visual Neuroscience, Professorship of
1998 Mollon, John Dixon
Visual Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace 16 of 1 December 19065 for Dr Rushton, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1965 Rushton, William Albert Hugh (resigned 1968)
Zoology (and Comparative Anatomy), Professorship of (1866)
Founded by the University in 1866. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Biology and Geology. Assigned by grace of 22 April 1927 to the Faculty of Biology 'A'. The words 'and Comparative Anatomy' were dropped from the title by a Statute approved in 1934.
1866 Newton, Alfred
1907 Sedgwick, Adam [2]
1909-10- Gardiner, John Stanley
1937 Gray, James, Sir
1959 Pantin, Carl Frederick Abel
1966 Fogh, Torkel Weis- (died 1975)
1978 Horn, Gabriel (retired 1995)
1996 Burrows, Malcolm
Zoology, Professorship of (1997)
Established by grace 10 of 17 July 1996, to be held concurrently with the Directorship of the Museum of Zoology.
1997 Akam, Michael Edwin (previously Research Professor of Developmental Genetics and Wellcome Principal Fellow of the Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research Campaign Institute)