Camden Professor of Ancient History
- Camden Professor of Ancient History
The Camden Professorship of Ancient History was established in 1622 by William Camden, Clarencieux King of Arms, and endowed with the income of the manor of Bexley. The Chair has been attached to Brasenose College since 1877.
The holders of the Chair since its foundation are the following:
# Degory Wheare 1622-1647
# Robert Waryng 1647-1648
# Lewis du Moulin 1648-1660
# John Lamphire 1660-1688
# Henry Dodwell 1688-1691
# Charles Aldworth 1691-1720
# Sedgwick Harrison 1720-1727
# Richard Frewin 1727-1761
# John Warneford 1761-1773
# William Scott (later Lord Stowell) 1773-1785
# Thomas Warton 1785-1790
# Thomas Winstanley 1790-1823
# Peter Elmsley 1823-1825
# Edward Cardwell 1825-1861
# George Rawlinson 1861-1889
# Henry Francis Pelham 1889-1907
# Francis John Haverfield 1907-1919
# Henry Stuart Jones 1920-1927
# James George Clark Anderson 1927-1936
# Hugh Last 1936-1949
# Ronald Syme 1949-1970
# Peter Brunt 1970-1982
# Fergus Millar 1984-2002
# Alan Bowman [ http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/faculty/directory/facdetails.asp ] 2002 -
ources
* "The Historical Register of the University of Oxford, 1220-1900". OUP
* [http://www.oahs.org.uk/oxo/vol%208-9/Jones.doc The Foundation and History of the Camden Chair: lecture by Prof H Stuart Jones, 1922]
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