Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian

Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian

The Gulbenkian Professorship of Armenian Studies at Oxford University was created in 1965 from funds provided by the late Calouste Gulbenkian.

There have been three occupants:
* Charles Dowsett,
* Robert Thomson,
* and Theo van Lint (the current holder)


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