Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon

Professorship at the University of Oxford

The Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, until 1916 known as the Rawlinsonian Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, was established by Richard Rawlinson of St John's College, Oxford, in 1795. The Chair is associated with Pembroke College. "Bosworth" was added to commemorate Joseph Bosworth.

Rawlinsonian Professors of Anglo-Saxon

  • 1795–1800 Charles Mayo (1767–1858)[1]
  • 1800–03 Thomas Hardcastle
  • 1803–08 James Ingram (1774–1850)[2]
  • 1808–12 John Josias Conybeare (1779–1824)
  • 1812–16 Charles Dyson (1788–1860)
  • 1827–29 Arthur Johnson
  • 1829–34 Francis Pearson Walesby (1798–1858)
  • 1834–39 Robert Meadows White (1798–1865)
  • 1839–44 Henry Bristow Wilson (1803–1888)
  • 1844–49 William Edward Buckley (1817–1892)
  • 1849–54 John Earle (1824–1903)[3]
  • 1854–58 vacant
  • 1858–76 Joseph Bosworth (1789–1876)[4]
  • 1876–1903 John Earle (1824–1903)[3]
  • 1903–16 Arthur Napier (1853–1916)

Rawlinson and Bosworth Professors of Anglo-Saxon

  • 1916–25 Sir William Craigie (1867–1957)[5]
  • 1925–45 J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973)[6]
  • 1946–63 Charles Leslie Wrenn (1895–1969)
  • 1963–74 Alistair Campbell (1907–1974)
  • 1974–77 vacant
  • 1977–91 Eric Stanley (1923–2018)
  • 1991–2013 Malcolm Godden (born 1945)
  • 2013–present Andy Orchard (born 1964)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Charles Herbert Mayo (1845–1929), "Mayo, Charles (1767-1858), Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 37, at WikiSource
  2. ^ W. A. Greenhill, revised by John D. Haigh, Ingram, James (1774–1850)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004), online edition, accessed 24 January 2024
  3. ^ a b "Earle, John" in Who's Who, Vol. 55 (A. & C. Black, 1903)
  4. ^ Henry Bradley, "Bosworth, Joseph, D.D." in Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 5 (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1886), at WikiSource
  5. ^ A. J. Aitken, "Craigie, Sir William Alexander", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) online edition, accessed 24 January 2024
  6. ^ T. A. Shippey, "Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel", in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004), online edition, accessed 24 January 2024

Sources

  • The Historical Register of the University of Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888
  • "Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon", ox.ac.uk