Disney Professorship of Archaeology
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The Disney Professorship of Archaeology
, also known as the Disney Chair
, is a professorship in the University of Cambridge
. It was endowed with a donation of £1,000 by John Disney
in 1851, followed by a further £3,500 in a bequest at his death. (John Disney
is unrelated to Walt Disney
.)
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
, also known as the Disney Chair
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
, is a professorship in the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. It was endowed with a donation of £1,000 by John Disney
John Disney
John Disney was an English barrister and archaeologist. Born at Flintham Hall, Flintham, Nottinghamshire, he was the eldest son of John Disney, a former Anglican clergyman who became one of the founders of the Episcopal Unitarian Church, and from a long line of English Dissenters going back to...
in 1851, followed by a further £3,500 in a bequest at his death. (John Disney
John Disney
John Disney was an English barrister and archaeologist. Born at Flintham Hall, Flintham, Nottinghamshire, he was the eldest son of John Disney, a former Anglican clergyman who became one of the founders of the Episcopal Unitarian Church, and from a long line of English Dissenters going back to...
is unrelated to Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...
.)
List of Disney Professors of Archaeology
- 1851–1865 John Marsden
- 1865–1879 Churchill BabingtonChurchill BabingtonChurchill Babington was an English classical scholar, archaeologist and naturalist, born at Rothley Temple, in Leicestershire....
- 1879–1887 Percy GardnerPercy GardnerPercy Gardner was an English classical archaeologist.Percy Gardner was born in London, and was educated at the City of London School and Christ's College, Cambridge...
- 1887–1892 George Forrest BrowneGeorge Forrest BrowneGeorge Forrest Browne was an English clergyman, the inaugural Anglican Bishop of Stepney from 1895 until 1897 when he was appointed Bishop of Bristol....
- 1892–1926 William RidgewayWilliam RidgewaySir William Ridgeway was a classical scholar and the Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge University....
- 1926–1938 Ellis MinnsEllis MinnsSir Ellis Hovell Minns was a British academic and archaeologist whose studies focused on Eastern Europe.Educated at Charterhouse, he went to Pembroke College, Cambridge studying the Classical tripos including Slavonic and Russian. He lived briefly in Paris before moving to St Petersburg in 1898 to...
- 1938–1952 Dorothy GarrodDorothy GarrodDorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod CBE was a British archaeologist who was the first woman to hold an Oxbridge chair, partly through her pioneering work on the Palaeolithic period. Her father was Sir Archibald Garrod, the physician.-Life:Born in Oxford, she attended Newnham College, Cambridge...
- 1952–1974 Grahame ClarkJohn Grahame Douglas ClarkSir John Grahame Douglas Clark, CBE FBA was a British archaeologist most notable for his work on the Mesolithic and his theories on palaeoeconomy.-Biography:...
- 1974–1981 Glyn DanielGlyn DanielGlyn Edmund Daniel was a Welsh scientist and archaeologist whose academic career at Cambridge University specialised in the European Neolithic period. He edited the academic journal Antiquity from 1958–1985...
- 1981–2004 Colin Renfrew
- 2004– Graeme BarkerGraeme BarkerGraeme W. W. Barker is a British archaeologist, notable for his work on the Italian Bronze Age, the Roman occupation of Libya, and landscape archaeology.Barker was educated at St John's College, Cambridge...