Professor of Greek, Glasgow
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University of Glasgow
Under the Nova Erectio of King James VI the teaching of Greek was the responsibility of the Regents and from 1581 one of the Regents was sometimes given the title 'Professor of Greek'. Following the retirement of Douglas MacDowell in 2001, the university opted to allow the Chair of Greek to lapse.
This Professorship was established in 1704.
(Sources: Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow. Compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond)
Under the Nova Erectio of King James VI the teaching of Greek was the responsibility of the Regents and from 1581 one of the Regents was sometimes given the title 'Professor of Greek'. Following the retirement of Douglas MacDowell in 2001, the university opted to allow the Chair of Greek to lapse.
This Professorship was established in 1704.
- Alexander Dunlop MA LLD (1704-1746)
- James Moore MA LLD (1746-1774)
- James Young MA (1774-1821)
- Sir Daniel Keyte SandfordDaniel Keyte SandfordSir Daniel Keyte Sandford, D.C.L. was a Scottish politician and Greek scholar.-Early life:Sandford was the second son of the Right Rev. Daniel Sandford, Episcopal Bishop of Edinburgh, in which city he was born February 3, 1798...
MA DCL MP (1821-1838) - Edmund Law LushingtonEdmund Law LushingtonEdmund Law Lushington was a classical scholar, a Professor of Greek, and Rector of the University of Glasgow.Edmund Law Lushington was born on 10 January 1811 in Park House, Kent, England...
MA LLD (1838-1875) - Sir Richard Claverhouse JebbRichard Claverhouse JebbSir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, OM, FBA was a British classical scholar and politician.He was born in Dundee, Scotland. His father was a well-known barrister, and his grandfather a judge...
MA LLD LittD FBA (1875-1889) - George Gilbert Aime MurrayGilbert MurrayGeorge Gilbert Aimé Murray, OM was an Australian born British classical scholar and public intellectual, with connections in many spheres. He was an outstanding scholar of the language and culture of Ancient Greece, perhaps the leading authority in the first half of the twentieth century...
MA FBA (1889-1899) - John Swinnerton Phillimore MA LLD LittD (1899-1906)
- Gilbert Austin DaviesGilbert Austin DaviesGilbert Austin Davies was an English classical scholar.-Life:After education at Aldenham Grammar School and Owen’s College, Manchester, Davies went up to Trinity College, Cambridge as a scholar in 1887...
MA (1906-1934) - William Rennie CBE MA LLD DLitt (1934-1946)
- Arnold Wycombe GommeArnold Wycombe GommeArnold Wycombe Gomme was a British classical scholar, Lecturer in Greek and Greek History , Professor of Greek, University of Glasgow . Fellow of the British Academy .-Life:...
MA LLD FBA (1946-1957) - Donald James Allan MA FBA (1957-1971)
- Douglas Maurice MacDowell MA MLitt DLitt FRSE FBA (1971-2001)
(Sources: Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow. Compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond)