- Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity (Oxford)
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The Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity is a senior professorship in the University of Oxford.
It was founded from the benefaction of Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509), mother of Henry VII. The incumbent must be a clerk in Anglican holy orders, and the professorship is attached to a canonry of Christ Church.
Contents
Holders (incomplete list)
- 1540-1549 Hugh Weston[1]
- 1561 Francis Babington[2]
- 1564 James Calfhill[3]
- 1565-1594 Edward Cradock[4]
- 1613-1614 Sebastian Benefield[5]
- 1627 Samuel Fell[6]
- 1638 Thomas Laurence[6][7]
- 1648-1652 Francis Cheynell[8]
- 1652 Henry Wilkinson[6]
- 1660 Thomas Barlow[9]
- 1676 John Hall[6][10]
- 1691 Henry Maurice[6]
- 1691-1705 Thomas Sykes[6]
- 1705-1716 John Wynne[6]
- 1715-1728 William Delaune[6]
- 1728-1768 Thomas Jenner[6]
- 1768-1783 Thomas Randolph[6]
- 1783-1798 Timothy Neve[11]
- 1798-1827 Septimus Collinson[12]
- 1827-1840 Godfrey Faussett[6]
- 1853-1895 Charles Abel Heurtley[13]
- 1895-1919 William Sanday
- 1919-1927 Walter Lock
- 1927-1943 N. P. Williams
- 1944-1968 Frank Leslie Cross
- 1970-1986 John Macquarrie
- 1986-1991 Rowan Williams[14]
- 1996-2003 John Bainbridge Webster
- George Pattison (incumbent)[15]
See also
- Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge
- List of Professorships at the University of Oxford.
References
- Aston, T. H. The History of the University of Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994.
Notes
- ^ "Weston, Hugh". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "Babington, Francis". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, article on Calfhill.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, article on Cradock.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, article on Benefield.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35289
- ^ "Laurence, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, article on Cheynell.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, article on Barlow.
- ^ "Hall, John (1633-1710)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, article on Neve.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, article on Collinson.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, article on Heurtley.
- ^ http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/73
- ^ http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/college/profile/academics/george-pattison
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