Professors
The title 'Professor' was originally of more general application, applying to any Doctor teaching in the university. A reminder of this is provided by the old title for the Doctor of Divinity: Sacrae Theologiae Professor -- teacher of holy theology. From the sixteenth century, however, it was applied to those holding posts -- 'chairs' -- some endowed by benefactions, often of land, others established by the University, in specific subjects. Many of the regulations governing Professorships were drawn together in 1861 under Statute B, with, of course, subsequent amendments. Within Statute B, chapter ix dealt with regulations for election, chapter xi with the residence and duties of Professors, and chapter vi with the University's powers to create professorships and with stipends. The statutes of 1926, which dealt with professorships under Statute D, chapters xiii to xv, standardised the stipends of professors elected after that date. Since about 1974, the university has, as the result of an annual exercise, appointed a number of its most distinguished academical officers to 'personal professorships' in their particular field of expertise (these may be distinguished in the list below by their carrying no details of establishment), but several of the established university professorships, like that of chemistry, had their origins in a personal professorship which was then continued.
The first five Regius (i.e. Royal) Professorships, in Divinity, Hebrew, Greek, Physic and Civil Law, were founded by Henry VIII in 1504; the sixth, in Modern History, by George I in 1724, and the seventh, in English Literature, in the name of Edward VII in 1910. On the initiative, and probably at the expense, of Thomas Lorkyn, Regius Professor of Physic, the Henrician Regius Professors were granted official arms and crests in 1590.
Aerial Photographic Studies, Professorship of
Established by grace of 13 June 1973 for Dr St Joseph, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Geography and Geology.
1973 (retired 1980)
Aeronautical Engineering, Francis Mond Professorship of
Established by Grace of 16 May 1919 from a benefaction of 20,000ドル by Mr Emile Mond as a memorial to his son, Francis Mond, of Peterhouse, killed in action flying on the Western Front, 15 May 1918. The electors are the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Peterhouse, and eight persons elected by the Senate in accordance with Statute B.xi. Originally attached to the Special Board for Mathematics, the professorship was assigned on its creation in 1923 to the Special Board for Engineering Studies, and in 1927 to the Faculty of Engineering.
1919 Sir (knighted 1942)
1952 (retired 1983)
1986
1995
1996
Aerothermal Technology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 26 July 1989 for Dr Cumpsty. Lapsed in 1999 on the retirement of Professor Cumpsty in December. Re-established by Grace 3 of 22 March 2000.
1989
2000
African History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Dr Iliffe.
1990
Agricultural Botany, Professorship of
Established by grace of 13 February 1908. In 1915 the University had the option of discontinuing the chair after Easter Term 1919, or earlier if the first holder were to vacate the office. It was renewed for ten years in 1919 and by grace of 15 June 1929 the regulation that the professorship should cease at the end of the Easter Term 1929 was rescinded. The original electors were the Council of the Senate. By grace of 4 June 1921 the professorship was transferred from the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry to the Special Board for Agriculture and Forestry.
1908 (retired 1931)
Agriculture, Drapers' Professorship of
Established by grace of 11 May 1899 from a benefaction provided by the Worshipful Company of Drapers. The original electors in were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Biology and Geology. In 1915 the University had the option of discontinuing the chair after Easter Term 1919. By grace of 15 June 1929 the regulation that the professorship should cease at the end of the Easter Term 1929 was rescinded. By grace of 4 June 1921 the professorship was transferred from the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry to the Special Board for Agriculture and Forestry and by grace of 28 May 1969 primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'A' with effect from 1 January 1970. The professorship was terminated by grace of 28 February with effect from 9 March 1990.
1899
1902
1907
1930 Sir
1957 Sir
1969 (retired 1989)
Algebraic Geometry, Professorship of
2000
American History and Institutions, (Pitt) Professorship of
Established by grace of 5 February 1944 from a sum of 44,000ドル accepted from the Syndics of the Press in 1943. This sum was increased by a further 5000ドル from the Press in 1946. Tenure is for one year and the professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, but it is not governed by Statute G.i.5, relating to the quota of Professorial Fellowships of a College. By grace of 9 June 1951 the title of the chair was changed to the 'Pitt Professorship ....'.
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992 (Professor in the Harvard Graduate School of Education; assigned to the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences)
1993 (Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History, University of Virginia; assigned to the Faculty of History)
1994 (Professor of Economics, Stanford University; assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics)
1995 (William Rand Kenan Professor, Emory University; assigned to the Faculty of History)
1996 (Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina; assigned to the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences)
1997 (Professor of History, Tulane University; assigned to the Faculty of History)
1998 (John H. Munro Professor of Economics, and of History, University of Rochester; assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics)
1999 (Fellow of Caius; assigned to the Faculty of History)
2000
American History, Paul Mellon Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 December 1980 from a gift of 1,000,000ドル from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (with a further 250,000ドル to provide post-graduate fellowships in the subject). The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of History.
1982 (retired 1990)
1992 (previously Senior Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle)
Established by grace of 23 May 1990 with effect from October 1990. Re-established by Grace 8 of 27 Oct. 1999.
1991 (Professor of Anaesthesia, University of Leeds; retired 1999)
2000
Founded by the University in 1707. The stipend in 1915 was 600ドル per annum (or 400ドル if the professor holds a headship or a fellowship). The electors from the 1880s were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Medicine. By graces of 12 March 1920 the subjects assigned to the Professor were extended to include Vertebrate Anatomy and Embryology, in addition to Human Anatomy. Assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A'; by grace of 22 April 1927.
1707
1728-34
1734
1735
1746
1753-85
1785 Sir
1814-17
1817-66
1866 Sir
1883
1920
1934
1951
1968 (retired 1982)
1984 (died 1989)
1992 (Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology, Anatomy, and Cell Science, University of Pittsburgh; resigned 1995)
1997 (Professor of Biology, University of California at San Diego)
Ancient History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 27 October 1898. The original electors were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Classics.
1899
1925
1951
1970 Sir
1979 (retired 1984)
1985
1996 (Laurence Professor, 2000)
1998
Ancient Philosophy and Science, Professorship of
Established by grace of 18 May 1983 for Dr Lloyd; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Classics.
1983 (retired 2000)
Ancient Philosophy, Laurence Professorship of
Established by grace of 5 December 1930 as one of the offices endowed by the bequest of Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Classics.
1931
1939
1952
1973 (died 1982)
1984 (resigned 1996)
1997 (George Martin Lane Professor of Philosophy and of the Classics, Harvard University; resigned 2000)
2000
Anglo-Saxon, Elrington and Bosworth Professorship of
Funded by the gift of Joseph Bosworth, Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, of the sum of 10,000ドル which was to accumulate until sufficiently large to yield a stipend of at least 500ドル a year. The chair was duly founded in 1878 and named for the donor and his wife, Anne Margaret Elliot, an enthusiastic promoter of the scheme, previously married to Col. Hamilton Elrington. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor, the Rawlinsonian Professor, the Masters of Trinity, Caius and Corpus Christi, the Regius Professors of Greek and Modern History, and the Professor of Sanskrit. Assigned by grace of 22 April 1927 to the Faculty of English, but transferred on 15 June 1927 to the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology. By grace of 27 April 1945 the Board of Electors were discharged and replaced by a Board constituted in Statute D.xiv.2.
1878
1912 (retired 1941)
1946
1957
1969 (retired 1982)
1984
1991 (resigned, 31 December 1998)
1999
Animal Ecology, Professorship of
1994
Animal Embryology, Charles Darwin Professorship of
Established by grace of 16 November 1966 for Dr Austin and limited to one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. Re-established by grace of 3 June 1982 for Dr Lasky, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1967 (retired 1981)
1982
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for Dr Thorpe and limited to one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1965-69
Animal Mechanics, Professorship of
1999
Animal Morphology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 11 May 1882 for the tenure of the first holder, who died in the year of his election. (The University did not exercise its option to continue the chair at this time.)
1882
Animal Pathology, Professorship of
Founded with a grant of 30,000ドル from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries as a first step towards the creation of an Institute for Research in the Pathology of Animal Diseases. The Professor was elected for five years in the first instance, and Buxton was re-appointed in 1928. The regulation that the tenure be for five years in the first instance was rescinded by grace of 20 February 1937. The chair was assigned to the Special Board for Agriculture and Forestry, then, by grace of 19 March 1969, primarily to the Faculty of Medicine. On 1 January 1975 transferred to the Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies. Temporarily discontinued on 1 October 1975 with the retirement of Professor Beveridge. Lapsed on the retirement of Professor Soulsby.
1923 (resigned 1936)
1937 (resigned 1942)
1947 (retired 1975)
1978 (retired (as Lord Soulsby) 1993)
Animal Welfare, Colleen Macleod Professorship of
Established by grace of 26 February 1986.
1986
Anthropological Science, Professorship of
1991
Applied Economics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 30 July 1980 for Hon. W. A. H. Godley; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of Applied Economics.
1980 Hon. (retired 1993)
1988
Applied Mathematics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 20 May 1964. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1964 (retired 1983)
1986 (died, 2000)
Applied Numerical Analysis, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
Established by grace of 23 October 1974; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Mathamatics.
1976
Applied Physics, Professorship of
1994
Applied Thermodynamics, (2000) Professorship of
2000
Applied Thermodynamics, Hopkinson and Imperial Chemical Industries Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 February 1950, largely from a the endowment fund of the proposed Hopkinson Professorship in Thermodynamics and a gift from ICI Ltd of 50,000,ドル less tax, spread over the seven years 1949 to 1955. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Engineering.
1951 Sir
1980 (died 1983)
1985 (retired 1997)
1998
Arabic, Sir Thomas Adams' Professorship of
Founded in 1632 by Mr, later Sir, Thomas Adams at a stipend of 40ドル payable by the Drapers' Company, and augmented by the bequest of the Rev. John Palmer, B.D., Professor 1804-19, of 1000ドル. The Professorship was, for most of the eighteenth century, held in conjunction with the Lord Almoner's Readership/Professorship, the stipend of neither being held to be singly adequate. Temporarily discontinued by grace of 17 February 1982.
1632
1666
1685
1702
1711
1720 (Lord Almoner's Reader, 1729)
1768 (Lord Almoner's Reader, 1768)
1770 (Lord Almoner's Reader, 1770)
1795
1804
1831
1854
1870
1889
1894
1902
1918
1926
1933
1947 (died 1969)
1970 (retired 1982)
1985
1996 (previously Professor of History, American University of Beirut)
Arabic, The Lord Almoner's Professorship/Readership of
Instituted in 1724. The Professor, or Reader, was appointed by the Lord Almoner and paid out of Almonry bounty. He was obliged to give at least one public lecture a year. On the death of A. A. Bevan in 1933 the professorship lapsed in accordance with a recommendation to that effect approved by the King in Council on 20 November 1904.
1724
1729
1768-70
1770
1815-21
1821-37
1837
1855
1871
1883
1886 Hon.
1887
1893 (d. 1933)
Archaeological Science, George Pitt-Rivers Professorship of
Established by grace of 21 June 1989.
1990
Archaeology, (1996) Professorship of
1996
Archaeology, Disney Professorship of
Founded in 1851 by John Disney, who also presented a valuable collection of marbles. The appointment rested with the founder during his lifetime, and in 1915 was vested in the Vice-Chancellor and the Heads of Houses. It was for a period of five years, renewable. The Professorship was assigned to the Special Board for History and Archaeology. By grace of 4 June 1927 the professorship was brought within the general regulations for professorships (Statute D) and was assigned principally to the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology.
1851
1865
1880
1887
1892 Sir (d. 1926)
1927 Sir
1939 (first woman professor at Cambridge)
1952
1974
1981 (Lord Renfrew)
Architecture, (1995) Professorship of
1995 (previously of the London Division of English Heritage)
Architecture, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 December 1955 for one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Fine Arts (re-named by grace of 11 February 1970 the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art). By grace of 3 December 1969 the professorship was established on a permanent basis with effect from 1 January 1970.
1956 Sir
1973
1975
1989 (retired 2000)
Asian Anthropology, Professorship of
1998
1994
Astronomy (and Experimental Philosophy), Plumian Professorship of
Founded in 1704 in pursuance of the will of Thomas Plume, D.D., and endowed with the rent of an estate at Balsham, Cambs. The bequest was to cover the cost of the erection of an observatory, and the stipend, residence and instruments of the professor. The stipend was increased in 1768 by the bequest of Robert Smith, second holder of the chair, conditional on the professor assisting in the examinations for the annual Smith prizes founded at the same time. By a statute of 7 March 1860 the stipend was augmented by one eighth of the net annual income of Lady Sadleir's foundation for algebra lectures (for which see under Pure Mathematics, Sadleirian Professorships). The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Mathematics. By a Statute approved in 1934 the title of the chair was changed from 'Astronomy' to 'Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy'. By grace of 27 October 1971 assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1707
1716-60
1760
1796
1822
1828 Sir
1836
1883 Sir
1913 Sir (died 1944)
1946 Sir
1958 Sir
1973 Sir (resigned as from 31 Dec. 1991)
1993 (previously Professor of Astronomy, University of Durham. Resigned as from 31 Dec. 1999)
2000
Astronomy and Geometry, Lowndean Professorship of
Founded in 1740 by Thomas Lowndes of Overton in Cheshire, and endowed with estates in that area. Under the original will the electors were the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Privy Council, and Lord Privy Seal, the Lord High Treasurer of the First Lord of the Treasury (should it be in Commission) and the Lord Steward of the Household. The original statutes required the professor to reside for the major part of each term, or for two whole terms in each academical year, and to give two courses of twenty lectures each, one in astronomy and one in geometry. He was also to make astronomical observations for six weeks in every year. In 1915 the stipend was 800ドル a year, abating 200ドル for Heads and Fellows. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor, the Presidents of the Royal Society and of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Astronomer Royal and the Lucasian, Plumian and Sadleirian Professors; if there were no clear majority the election rested with the Chancellor supported by the concurrence of any three of the electors. By grace of 3 March 1928 the electors were constituted in accordance with Statute D.xiv.2.
1750-71
1771
1795
1837
1859
1892 Sir
1914
1936 Sir
1970 (with leave to defer taking up his duties until Oct. 1971) (died 1989)
1990 (resigned 1999)
2000
Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, Professorship of
2000
Astrophysics and Cosmology, Professorship of
2000
Astrophysics, (1996) Professorship of
1996
Astrophysics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 13 May 1909 but attracting no stipend for the tenure of the first holder, Hugh Frank Newall, whose father presented the university with a large equatorial telescope. An anonymous benefaction, adopted by grace of 7 March 1913, provided a stipend of 800ドル a year, with the usual abatement of 200ドル for Fellows or Heads of Houses. The donor, in the event, paying a sum of 12,000ドル to the University in 1928, which was invested to provide an income for the Professor not exceeding 1320ドル a year. The Professor is ex officio Director of the Solar Physics Observatory.
1909
1928
1947
1972 (appointed to a Professorship of Astrophysics (1996))
1997 (previously Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford)
Atmospheric Dynamics, Professorship of
1993
Atmospheric Science, Professorship of
2000
Auditory Perception, Professorship of
1995
BBV Foundation Visiting Professorship
Established by grace of 7 May 1992 from a benefaction by the Bank of BilbaoVizcaya. Elections to BBV Foundation Visiting Fellowships for 'younger academics' were announced from time to time in Reporter.
1993 (Professor in the Institute of Applied Magnetism, Complutensian University of Madrid; assigned to Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy)
1994 (Director of the Museum of Natural History, Madrid)
1995 (Professor of Spanish Literature in the Universidad Autonoma of Madrid; assigned to Department of Spanish and Portuguese)
1995 (Professor of Physical Chemistry in the Complutensian University of Madrid; assigned to Department of Chemistry)
1996 (Professor of Architectural History, University of Barcelona; assigned to Department of Architecture)
1996
1996 (Professor of Physics in the University of Madrid; assigned to Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics)
1997 (Professor of Greek Philology, University of Madrid; assigned to the Faculty of Classics)
2000
2000 (Professor of Architectural History, University of Barcelona; assigned to Department of Architecture)
2000 (Professor of Physics, University of Santiago de Compostela; assigned to the Department of Physics)
Behavioural Ecology, Professorship of
1995
Behavioural Neuroscience, Professorship of
1997
1998
Biochemical Engineering, Professorship of
2000
Biochemistry, Professorship of (Sir William Dunn)
Established by grace of 6 November 1914 in accordance with the provisions of Statute B.VI.3, and suppressed on the endowment of the Sir William Dunn Professorship from a benefaction of 165,000ドル from the Dunn Trustees in 1921. The professorship was originally assigned to the Special Board for Biology and Geology, and from 22 April 1927 to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, was the first Sir William Dunn Professor.
1914 Sir
1943
1949 Sir
1975
1995 Sir (previously Director of the International School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, London, and Chief Executive of the
Biotechnology and Biology Research Council)
Biological Chemistry, Professorship of
1996
1910-12
1991
Biology, Quick Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1906 in pursuance of the will of Frederick James Quick. One tenth of the sum bequeathed was to establish a research fund. Elections to the chair were to be held every three years, the holder being permitted to be a candidate. The Professor was, during the university's pleasure, to devote himself principally to the study of Protozoa; he was not obliged to lecture in more than one term of the year, but was to present annually, to a Board of Managers, a report on the work achieved in his laboratory. Election rested with the Board of Managers, comprising the Vice-Chancellor and six persons elected by the Senate, three being nominated by the Council of the Senate and three by the Special Board for Biology and Geology. The chair was assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A' by grace of 22 April 1927. By grace of 22 May 1931 the words 'biology of the cell' were substituted for the word 'parasitology' in regulation 8 for the professorship, and there were further amendments by grace 11 of 10 February 1934. By grace of 22 July 1964 the limitation of tenure to three years was rescinded, and the election transferred from the Managers of the Quick Fund to the Council of the Senate and the General Board. By grace of 16 February 1966 the professorship was assigned, for Professor Coombs' tenure, to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1906
1932
1952 Sir
1966-88
1988 (resigned 1994)
1995
2000
Bioorganic Chemistry, Professorship of
1995
Biophysics, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
By grace of 5 June 1968 the Professorship of Colloid Science was continued in the subject of Biophysics, and, by grace of 3 December 1969, assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. On Professor Hodgkin's retirement the professorship lapsed, and was replaced on the Plummer foundation by the professorship of Cell Biology.
1970 Sir (retired 1981)
Biotechnology, Professorship of
1999 (Director of the Institute of Biotechnology)
Founded by the University on 10 November 1724. In 1793 the Professor received a patent from George III, with a stipend of 200ドル a year, and this was continued for his successors. In 1857 the obligation was taken over by the University. The stipend in 1915 was 700,ドル bating 200ドル for Heads and Fellows. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Biology and Geology. The chair was assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A' by grace of 22 April 1927.
1724
1733
1762
1825
1861
1895
1906 Sir
1936
1948
1960 Sir
1968
1977
1991 (died, Oct. 1996)
1998 (previously Head of the Biochemistry and Physiology Department, Institute of Arable Crop Research, Rothamsted)
British and Irish History, Professorship of
1998
Cancer Research, Ursula Zoellner Professorship of
Established by grace of 29 January 1997 from a benefaction
1998 (previously Research Group Leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
Cardiovascular Medicine, British Heart Foundation Professorship of
Establsined by grace of 20 July 1994
1994
Cell Biology, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 June 1982 for Dr Gurdon, as from 1 October 1983; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1983
Cell Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1978 for Lord Adrian; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1978 Lord Adrian (retired 1992)
Cellular Pathology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 13 June 1973 for Dr Dixon, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1973 (retired 1978)
Chemical Biology, Professorship of
1999
Chemical Engineering Science, Professorship of
1999
Chemical Engineering, (1999) Professorship of
Established by grace of 6 May 1999
2000 (previously Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Aston)
Chemical Engineering, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 June 1975 for Dr Davidson; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of Chemical Engineering.
1975 (elected to the Shell Professorship in 1978)
Chemical Engineering, Shell Professorship of
Established by grace of 8 June 1945 from a sum of 62,200ドル accepted from the Shell Group of Oil Companies by grace of 2 March of that year. The initial establishment was for seven years. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes.
1946
1959 (retired 1977)
1978
1993 (previously Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham)
Chemical Microbiology, Professorship of
Established for Dr E. F. Gale by grace of 30 July 1960, for one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1960 (retired 1981)
Chemical Physics, Professorship of
1999
2000
Chemistry, Alexander Todd Visiting Professorship of
Established by grace of 26 July 1972 and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1973
1974
1975
1976
1979
1981 (25 May -- 15 June)
1981 (4-24 May)
1982
1984
1985:6 (1 Oct. -- 15 Nov. 1985 and 1 May -- 14 June 1986)
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1994 (Professor of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine)
1996-97 (Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry, University of North Carolina)
1997-98
1999 (Professor of Chemistry at Pennsylvania State University)
1999-2000 (R. K. Mellon Professor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh)
Chemistry, Professorship of (1702)
Founded by the University in 1702 partly in recognition of the teaching which had been given privately in Cambridge by Vigani since 1683. There was, however, initially no stipend; one of 100ドル was provided by the Crown from 1766 to 1856 when the obligation was finally shouldered by the University. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry. By grace of 26 February 1943 the title of the chair was changed to 'Organic Chemistry', q.v.
1703
1713-17
1718
1756
1764 T
1773-93 Sir
1794
1813
1815
1861
1908 Sir (d. 1939)
Chemistry, Professorship of (1968)
Established by grace 5 of 15 May 1968, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, and primarily assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1969
1997 (previously Professor and Director of the Laboratoire de Physique, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon)
Chemistry, Professorship of (1970)
Also by grace 5 of 15 May 1968 the professorship of Inorganic Chemistry, established for one tenure in 1946, was replaced, with effect from 1 October 1970, with a professorship of Chemistry. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1970
1995 (previously Crum Brown Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Edinburgh)
Chemotherapy, Professorship of
1999
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 26 February 1992
1992
Chinese (Language and History), Professorship of
Established by grace of 24 February 1933 (thus replacing the Professorship of Chinese) for a single tenure, unless the University should in the meantime decide otherwise. About three-quarters of the stipend was contributed by the Universities' China Committee in London. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Oriental Languages. By grace of 13 May 1938 it was decided that the professorship should terminate with the tenure of the second holder, unless the University should determine otherwise during his term of office or within six months of a casual vacancy. By grace of 8 November 1952 the professorship was continued for one further tenure and the title changed to the Professorship of Chinese. The professorship was established on a permanent basis by grace of 27 July 1966 with effect from 1 October 1966.
1933
1938 (died 1951)
1953 (resigned 1966)
1968 (resigned 1981)
1985
1989
Chinese Management, Sinyi Professorship of
Established by grace of 12 March 1997 from a benefaction.
1997
Established by grace of 9 February 1888 for the sole tenure of Sir Thomas Wade (d. 1895), who was willing to serve without stipend, but re-established in 1897. Discontinued by grace of 24 February 1933.
1888 Sir
1897 (retired 6 December 1932)
1803 Sir
1810
1811
1816
1821
1822
1829
1833
1834
1839
1844
1850
1855
Civil Law, Regius Professor of
Founded by Henry VIII in 1540 with a stipend of 40ドル per annum. Appointment is by the Crown.
16XX
1542 Sir
1545?
1551
1561
1563
1570? (perhaps)
1574
1594
1611
1635-66
1666
1673-84
1684
1703
1714-55
1755-57
1757-70
1770-82
1782-1813
1814-47
1847-54 Sir
1854-73
1873
1914
1945
1968
1993 (resigned 1999)
2000
Classical Archaeology, Laurence Professorship of
Established by grace of 5 December 1930, as one of the offices endowed by the bequest of Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence, placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Classics.
1931
1934
1944
1951
1962
1976
Established by grace of 14 June 1967 for Mr Sandbach and limited to one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Classics.
1967-70
Clinical Biochemistry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 14 June 1967 for Dr Lehmann, to be held concurrently with the office of University Biochemist to Addenbrooke's Hospital. The professorship was limited to one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1967
Clinical Biochemistry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 21 July 1976, with effect from 1 October 1977. The Professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
1977
Clinical Criminology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1979 for Dr West; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Law.
1979 (retired 1984)
Clinical Gerontology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 June 1986 with effect from January 1987.
1989
Clinical Oncology, Cancer Research Campaign Professorship of
Established by grace of 20 November 1974 for Professor Bleehen, for one tenure (the starting date deferred by grace of 23 April 1975 from 1 May to 1 August 1975); placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine. Re-established by grace, 1995, following the retirement of Professor Bleehen.
1975
1996
Clinical Pharmacology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 24 October 19984; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
1985
Cognitive Neuroscience, Professorship of
1997
Colloid Science, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 November 1931 from the bequest of John Humphrey Plummer (q.v.). The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. By grace of 5 June 1968 the professorship was continued in the subject of Biophysics.
1931 (resigned 1946)
1947 (retired 1966)
Colloidal Physics, Professorship of
Established by the University by grace of 13 June 1930 for three years from 25 June 1930, to be held in the first instance by E. K. Rideal, and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. Suppressed on Rideal's appointment to the John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of Colloid Science.
1930
Combustion Science, Professorship of
1999
Commercial Contract Law, Professorship of
1999
Commonwealth History, Smuts Professorship of
Until 1994 known as the Smuts Professorship of the History of the British Commonwealth, q.v.; re-titled, from 1994, by grace 5 of 4 March 1992.
1994 (previously Professor of International History, University of Geneva)
Communications, Professorship of
Established by grace of 5 February 1997
1997
Community Medicine, Professorship of
Established by grace of 27 November 1974 with effect from January 1975; placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine. Re-titled 'Public Health' on the retirement of Professor Acheson in 1988.
1976 (retired 1988)
Comparative Law, Professorship of
Established by grace of 5 May 1976 for Mr Jolowicz; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Law.
1976 (retired 1993)
Comparative Law, Professorship of
Established for one tenure by grace of 3 November 1934. The Professor was not bound to reside further than was necessary for the delivery of not less than eight lectures or classes in each of the Michaelmas and Lent Terms and being available to students for two hours in each of six weeks in those terms. The professorship lapsed on the retirement of Professor Gutteridge and was re-established for one tenure by grace of 16 December 1944. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Law. It again lapsed on the resignation of Sir Arnold McNair, and was again re-established, by grace of 14 November 1953, for C. J. Hamson. By grace of 21 July 1971 the chair was established on a permanent basis, with effect from 1 October 1973, as a Professorship of Law.
1934 (retired 1941)
1945 Sir (resigned 1946)
1953 (retired 1973)
Comparative Philology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 May 1937. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Classics.
1937
1955 (retired 1982)
1985
1997
Comparative Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 28 May 1969 for Dr Ramsay. The professorship was limited to one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1969 (retired 1976)
Comparative Psychology, Professorship of
1999
Complex Physical Systems, Schlumberger Professorship of
Established by grace of 27 January 1999 from a benefaction
2001 (previously Van Tassle Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, M.I.T.)
Computational Physics, Professorship of
2000
Computer Assisted Reasoning, Professorship of
1996
Computer Science (Teaching and Research), Professorship of
Established by grace 6 of 23 July 1997. Re-titled Robert Sansom Professorship of Computer Science by Grace 10 of 27 October 1999 in recognition of a benefaction.
1998
Computer Science, Professorship of
(1) Established by grace of 11 May 1977 for Dr Wheeler; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Computer Laboratory. (2) Established by grace of 6 May 1993.
1977 (retired 1994)
1995 (resigned 1999)
2000 (previously Professor of Computer Science in the University of Aarhus)
Computer Systems, Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 May 1981 for Dr Needham; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Computer Laboratory.
1981 (retired 31 Dec. 1998)
Computer Technology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 16 June 1965 for Dr M. V. Wilkes. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics. Assigned by grace of 26 November 1969 primarily to the Computer Laboratory, with effect from 1 August 1970.
1965 (retired 1980)
Computers and Information, Professorship of
1999
Condensed Matter Physics, Professorship of
1997
Corporate Law, S. J. Berwin Professorship of
Established by Grace 2 of 9 May 1991 from the endowment of S. J. Berwin and Co.
1991 (retired 1997)
1998 (previously Associate Professor in the University of British Columbia)
Criminal and Public Laws, Professorship of
1996
Criminology, Wolfson Professorship of
By grace of 31 October 1959 an offer from the Trustees of the Isaac Wolfson Foundation of 150,000ドル for the endowment of the chair was accepted, the professorship established, and Dr Radzinowicz appointed. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Law.
1959 Sir
1973
1984
Cultural History, Professorship of
1996
Developmental Neurobiology, Professorship of
1998
Device Materials, Professorship of
1998 ????
Divinity, Ely Professorship of
Originally funded from the canonry of Ely, originally attached to the Regius Professorship of Greek and detached therefrom in 1889 under the terms of the Universities Act of 1877. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Divinity. The holder was obliged to be in priest's orders. By grace of 21 March 1979 it was determined that the professorship should terminate with the tenure of the then holder; it accordingly lapsed on the retirement of Professor Stead.
1889
1916
1926
1940
1944-47
1947
1958
1960
1971 (retired 1980)
Divinity, Lady Margaret's Professorship of
Founded in 1502 by the Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII at a stipend of 20 marks (13ドル 6s 8d) per annum, the first occupant of the chair having been financed from the Lady Margaret's household expenditure. The stipend was augmented in 1605 by James I with the rectorial tithes of Terrington, Norfolk (of which a portion was later assigned to the endowment of the Norrisian Professor of Divinity), and in 1625 by Mrs Alice Davers with a small garden in Cambridge. The electors were the Vice-Chancellor, together with members of the Senate who were Doctors and Bachelors of Divinity. Precise details of this earlier mode of election are to be found in the Historical Register (p. 72). Election is now by an appointed Board of Electors. By grace of 3 November 1956 and Order in Council dated 5 April 1956 the restriction of candidature to those in Priest's Orders in the Church of England was removed. The early entries in the following list are based on a simplification Richard Rex's revision of that in the Historical Register, printed as Appendix II to Patrick Collinson, Richard Rex and Graham Stanton: Lady Margaret Beaufort and her Professors of Divinity at Cambridge, 1502 to 1649 (Cambridge, 2003), which see for details.
1498
1502
1504 undocumented
1506 for an uncertain period
1521
1532
1536
1540
1542
1545
1546 again, resigned 1549
1549 Sir
1550 (fled the country c. Jan. 1554)
1554
1558
1559
1561
1563
1567
1569
1570
1573
1574
1596
1609
1623
1643
1649
1660-61 appointed Regius Professor later that year
1661-72
1673
1688-1711
1711-27
1727-65
1765
1788
1807
1839
1855
1875
1879
1887
1892
1895
1903
1907 Very Rev.
1911
1935
1951
1976
1998 (previously Professor of New Testament Studies, King's College, London)
Divinity, Norris-Hulse Professorship of
Formed by the amalgamation of the Norrisian and Hulsean Professorships, the 'surviving' Norrisian Professor being the first holder.
1934
1935
1949
1978
1999 (previously H. G. Wood Professor of Theology, Birmingham University)
Divinity, Norrisian Professorship of
Founded by the bequest of John Norris (d. 1777) of an annuity of 105ドル. The original directions were that the professor should hold tenure for five years only, that he be aged between thirty and sixty years, and that he forfeit 21 shillings from his salary for any student attending his lecture who was not provided with an Old and a New Testament and with Pearson on the Creed. The endowment was augmented in 1852 by the bequest of Benedict Chapman, Master of Gonville and Caius, of 1000ドル; by a further sum of £ 120, being the stipend of George Elwes Corrie for the year 1850-51 when his tenure of the Vice-Chancellorship prevented him from lecturing and the stipend reverted to Lord Wodehouse, owner of the Norrisian estate, who donated the sum to the university; and, by Statute of 1860, by the rectorial tithe rent-charge of Terrington St John's and a portion of the rent-charge of Terrington St Clement's. The original electors were the Heads of Houses, eleven of whom must be present and vote. In the case of equality of votes after three scrutinies, the casting vote lay with the Master of Trinity, or, in his absence, the Provost of King's, or, in the absence of both, with the Master of Caius. In 1934 the Norrisian and Hulsean chairs were merged to form the Norris-Hulse Professorship, F. C. Burkitt being the first holder.
1780-95
1795
1815
1824-38
1838-54
1854-64
1864
1879
1893
1899
1901
1905
Divinity, Regius Professorship of
Founded by Henry VIII in 1504 with a stipend of 40ドル per annum, augmented in 1605 by James I with the rectory of Somersham, Hunts, and in 1878 by a bequest of 1000ドル from George Jeremy. By an Act of 1882 the Rectory of Somersham was severed from the Professorship, the Professor receiving one half of the net income of the benefice. The original electors were the Vice-Chancellor, the Master and two most senior Fellows of Trinity, the Provost of King's, and the Masters of St John's and Christ's, with the President of Queens' in the event of any of the above Heads being Vice-Chancellor. From 1860 the Professor was elected by the Council of the Senate. From 1926 the election has come under Statute D. In 1940 the Ely Cathedral Canonries Act disannexed the Ely canonry from the chair as from 25 March 1940, giving instead the obligation for the Chapter to pay 600ドル annually towards the stipend of the professor, for so long as election to the Regius professorship was limited to those, who at the time of their election, were in priest's orders in the Church of England.
?
1550
1555
1557
1559
1560
1561
1562
1567
1569
1580
1596
1606
1617
1651
1656-61
1661-74
1674-99
1700-17
1717-42
1742
1749-56
1756
1771 T
1816-27
1827
1843-49
1850
1870
1890
1916
1922
1932
1950
1952
1958
1964 (resigned 1969)
1971
1979 (retired 1982)
1985 (resigned 1990 on appointment as Bishop of Ely)
1991 (previously Senior Lecturer, Birmingham University)
Established by grace of 16 May 1974 for Dr Williams, and for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of English.
1974 (retired 1983)
1997 (Professor of Medieval History, 1999)
Earth Science, Professorship of
Established by grace of 18 May 1985 for Dr McKenzie; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Earth Sciences.
1985
Ecclesiastical History, Dixie Professorship of
Sir Wolstan Dixie, Lord Mayor of London, d. 1594, endowed fellowships and scholarships at Emmanuel. In 1878 the fellowships were abolished and a statute of 1882, approved by the Queen in Council for both the University and the College, established the professorship. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Emmanuel and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for History and Archaeology. The Professorship now comes under statute D with the addition of the Master of Emmanuel (or, if the Master be a candidate, the senior fellow of Emmanuel not being a candidate) to the Board of Electors (Statute E.XXXIV.4). The statute for the professorship, which is common to Emmanuel College and the University, was revised by grace 1 of 18 March 1998, to remove gender-specific language and a few obsolete provisions.
1884
1891 (d. 1916)
1919 (d. 19390
1944
1958 Sir
1968
1977
1994 (previously Professor of History, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London University)
Econometrics, Professorship of
1996 (previously Professor of Econometrics at LSE)
Economic and Social History, Professorship of
1995
Economic Geography, Professorship of
2000
Economic History, Professorship of
Established for one tenure by grace of 16 June 1928 and assigned to the Faculty of History. The Professor is also a member of the Faculty Board of Economics and Politics. By grace of 31 October 1936 the professorship was made permanent.
1928 Sir
1938
1965 (died 1970)
1971
1981 (retired 1993)
1994 Sir (previously Senior Research Fellow, All Souls, Oxford. Resigned 1997)
1997 (previously Astor Professor of British History and University College London)
Economic History, Professorship of (1981)
Established by grace of 7 May 1981 for Miss Deane; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Economics and Politics.
1981-82 (retired 1982)
Economics and Statistics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 11 March for Mr Champerowne, limited to one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and primarily assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics.
1970 (retired 1978)
Economics, Professorship of (1965)
Established by grace of 11 June 1949 for one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics. By grace of 3 June 1964 the professorship was re-established on a permanent basis with effect from 1 October 1965 and entitled the 'Professorship of Economics (1965)'. Re-titled the Frank Ramsey Professorship of Economics for the remainder of Professor Dasgupta's tenure by grace 13 of 27 April 1994. (Frank Plumpton Ramsey, d. January 1930, was a Fellow of King's and University Lecturer in the Faculty of Mathematics.)
1950
1971 (retired 1984)
1985
Economics, Professorship of (1966)
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for N. Kaldor. The professorship was limited to one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics. Lapsed on Professor Kaldor's retirement.
1966 (retired 1975).
Economics, Professorship of (1970)
Established by grace of 28 October 1950 for one tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics. Established on a permanent basis by grace of 25 February 1970, with effect from 1 October 1 970.
1951 (Lord Kahn, 1965)
1965
1972 (retired 1992)
1995 (previously Lecturer in Public Economics, Oxford University
Economics, Professorship of (1988)
Established by grace of 5 May 1988 for Dr Pesaran.
1988
Economics, Professorship of (1991)
1991
Economics, Professorship of (1995)
1995
Education, Professorship of (1938)
Established as from 1 October 1938 by grace of 11 March 1938 and placed in Schedule B of the Statutes. On the establishment of the Department of Education in 1939 the Professor was made head of Department (grace 36 of 9 June 1919). By grace of 20 November 1968 primarily assigned to the Faculty of Education.
1938
1959
1971
1988 (resigned 2000)
Education, Professorship of (1996)
1996 (previously Reader in Educational Studies, Oxford University)
Educational Leadership, Professorship of
Established by grace 5 of 27 October 1999.
2000 (previously Professor and Director of the Quality in Education Centre, Strathclyde University)
Egyptology, Herbert Thompson Professorship of
Established for one tenure and with a named incumbent by grace of 16 March 1946 from a bequest, accepted by grace of 29 July 1944 by Sir Henry Francis Herbert Thompson, Bart. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Oriental Languages. The professorship lapsed on the death of Professor Glanville in 1956 but by grace of 1 June 1957 was re-established for Mr Plumley, limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Oriental Studies.
1946 (died 1956)
1957 (retired 1977)
Electrical Engineering, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 November 1944, by which the university also accepted the offer of the Institution of Electrical Engineers to provide the stipend of a professor for a limited period, pending the completion of arrangements for a more permanent endowment. By the same grace the professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering. In 1951 the British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association gave 71,000ドル for the permanent endowment of the professorship.
1945
1960
1971
1984 Sir (resigned on appointment as Vice-Chancellor, 1996)
1996
Electromagnetism, Professorship of
2000
Endocrinology, Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 22 October 1997
1998 (previously Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow Consultant in the Department of Medicine)
Energy Studies, Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 November 1982 for Dr Eden; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Physics.
1982 (retired 1989)
Established by grace of 11 May 1977 for K. L. Johnson; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Engineering.
1977 (retired 1992)
Established by grace of 17 March 1971 for Dr Heyman, for one tenure. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned primarily to the Faculty of Engineering.
1971 (retired 1992)
Engineering, Professorship of (1875)
Previously the professorship of Mechanical Sciences.
1970 (died 26 Nov. 1974
1976
Engineering, Professorship of (1966, grace 4 of 1 Dec. 1965)
One of the three professorships established by consecutive graces of 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering.
1966
1983
Engineering, Professorship of (1966, grace 5 of 1 Dec. 1965)
One of the three professorships established by consecutive graces of 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering.
1968 (died 1970)
1973
1989 (resigned 1997)
1998 (previously Professor of Electrical Engineering, Liverpool University)
Engineering, Professorship of (1966, grace 6 of 1 Dec. 1965)
One of the three professorships established by consecutive graces of 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering.
1967
1974
1998 (previously Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor, and Director of the Geotechnical Consulting Group, London)
Engineering, Professorship of (1974)
Established by grace of 20 March 1965 for J. F. Coales, for one tenure. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Engineering. Re-established on a permanent basis with effect from 1 October 1974 by grace of 1 November 1972.
1965
1974 (retired 31 Dec. 1988)
1989
Engineering, Rank Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 March 1971 as from 1 October 1971; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Engineering.
1972
English and American Literature, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1989 for Dr Tanner.
1989 (died 1998)
English as an International Language, Professorship of
Established 1988 and assigned to the Faculty of English.
1988
English Constitutional History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 14 June 1967 for Dr Elton, limited to one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of History.
1967 Sir (elected to the Regius Professorship of Modern History, 1983)
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for Dr Williams and for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Law. Lapsed on Professor Williams' appointment to the Rouse Ball Professorship in 1968.
1965
English Law, Rouse Ball Professorship of
Founded from a sum received from the trustees of the late Walter William Rouse Ball, Fellow of Trinity, and assigned to the Faculty of Law.
1928
1943
1950
1968
1978 (retired 1982)
1984 Sir
1992
1993 (previously University Lecturer in Law, Oxford University, and Law Commissioner for England and Wales)
English Legal History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 5 May 1988 for Dr Baker.
1988 (Downing Professor, 1998)
English Literature, King Edward VII Professorship of
Founded by a benefaction of 20,000ドル from Sir Harold Harmsworth in memory of Edward VII, in the year of whose death the benefaction was accepted by the University. Appointment is by the Crown, the residence and duties of the Professor being governed by Statute B.XI. The Professor was attached to the Special Board for Medieval and Modern Languages until 1927 when it was transferred to the Faculty of English.
1911
1912 Sir (died 1944)
1946
1965
1974
1982
1986 (resigned 31 Dec. 1993)
1994 Dame
English Literature, Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 May 1987 for Dr Beer.
1987 (retired 1993)
Established by grace of 18 May 1983 for Dr Brewer; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of English.
1983 (retired 1990)
English, Professorship of (1966, grace 1 of 1 Dec. 1965)
One of the two professorships established by consecutive graces on 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of English.
1966
1976
1989 Dame (King Edward VII Professor of Enlgish Literature, 1994)
1995 (previously Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, Edinburgh University)
English, Professorship of (1966, grace 2 of 1 Dec. 1965)
One of the two professorships established by consecutive graces on 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of English.
1966
1975 (elected to the King Edward VII Professorship 1982)
1984
2000 (previously Professor of English at Cornell University)
Enterprise Studies, Margaret Thatcher Professorship of
Established by Grace 1 of 25 February 1998 from a benefaction
1999
Enzyme Biochemistry, Professorship of
Established with effect from 1 January 1966, by grace of 1 December 1965, for Dr Dixon, and for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1965 (retired 30 September 1966)
Equine Reproduction, Jim Joel Professorship of
Established by Grace 1 of 1 November 1995
1995 (previously Director of the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Equine Fertility Unit at Newmarket)
Established by grace of 23 May 1874 for Dr Bateson; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Zoology.
1984
European History, Professorship of
2000
European Law, Professorship of
Established by Grace 7 of 26 January 1994
1995 (previously Director in the Legal Service of the Council of the European Union)
European Prehistory, Professorship of
Established by grace of 30 July 1980 for Dr Coles; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of Archaeology.
1980 (retired 1986)
Evolutionary Palaeobiology, Professorship of
1995
Experimental Medicine, Professorship of
Established by grace of 19 May 1945, for one tenure, from funds provided by the Medical Research Council. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Medicine. Lapsed on the retirement of Professor McCance.
1945 (retired 1966)
Experimental Philosophy, Professorship in
2000
Experimental Physics, Cavendish Professorship of
Established by grace of 9 February 1871 and named to commemorate the munificent endowment by William Cavendish, seventh Duke of Devonshire, for building the laboratory of experimental physics ('the Cavendish'). The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry. By grace of 21 January 1970 the title was changed to the 'Cavendish Professorship of Physics' with effect from the end of Professor Mott's tenure.
1871
1879 Baron Rayleigh
1884 Sir
1919 Sir (Baron Rutherford of Nelson, 1931)
1938 Sir (resigned 1954)
1954 Sir
Experimental Physics, Professorship of
1998
Experimental Psychology, Professorship of
Established for Bartlett by grace of 7 February 1931 and placed in Schedule B of the Statutes.
1931 Sir
1952
1981
Family Research, Professorship of
1997
Farm Animal Health, Food Science and Food Safety, Marks and Spencer Professorship of
Established by Grace 10 of 19 July 1995 from a benefaction
1996 (previously Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at Imperial College, London)
Finance and Accounting, P. D. Leake Professorship of
Established by grace of 12 June 1954 for one tenure, from funds given by the P. D. Leake Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics.
1955 (retired 1980)
Financial Accounting, Price Waterhouse Professorship of
Established for a period of ten years from 1 October 1988, and re-established for a further five years for Professor Whittington by grace 1 of 21 January 1998. Re-titled PricewaterhouseCoopers Professorship by grace 3 of 26 May 1999.
1988
Fine Art, Slade Professorship of
Founded in pursuance of the will of Felix Slade and established by grace of 24 June 1869. Tenable for three years, renewable. From June 1907 the regulations were altered to allow the Professor, once re-elected after serving for three years, to have tenure until death or resignation. The Professor was not required to be resident on account of the smallness of the stipend, but there was an obligation to deliver at least twenty-four lectures, and to encourage the study of art. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor (with a casting vote), three persons on the electoral roll elected by the Senate, the President of the Royal Academy, the Vice-Chancellor of London University, and the Director (and from June 1911) the Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Assigned by grace of 22 April 19276 to the Faculty of Fine Arts. The regulations for the election were altered by grace of 8 June 1928, and other details were amended by grace of 11 May 1929. A statute (D.xiv.A) relating to age-limits for election and re-election was approved by the King in Council on 2 January 1931. Among other amendments to the regulations approved by grace of 6 February 1960 and by Order in Council dated 7 June 1960, the maximum length of tenure is restricted to three years. Grace 1 of 15 December 1962 empowered the electors to make an election at any time up to three years before the term or vacation in which a vacancy will occur.
1869 Sir
1873 Sir
1886
1895 Sir
1901 Sir
1904 Sir again
1912 (d. 1932)
1933
1935
1938
1941-46
1946
1949 (re-elected in 1952)
1955
1958
1961
1963
1964
1965 Sir
1966 Sir
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984 accent: Polish crossed 'l'
1985 Sir
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990 (vice David Hockney, who had withdrawn)
1991 (Professor of History of East Asian Art, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Heidelberg)
1992 (Professor in the Department of the History of Art, Johns Hopkins University)
1993
1994 (Gleason Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University)
1995
1996 (Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University)
1997 (Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia)
1998 (Power Professor of Fine Art, Sydney University)
1999 (Senior Lecturer in History of Art, Utrecht University)
Fluid Mechanics, G. I. Taylor Professorship of
Established by grace 3 of 23 October 1991 from sums given in memory of Sir Geoffrey Taylor (1885-1975) formerly Royal Society Research Professor and Fellow of Trinity.
1992 (previously Professor in the Institute of Oceanography, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Retired 1994.)
1996 (previously Professor of Applied Mathematics, Leeds University)
Fluid Mechanics, Professorship of
1998
Fluid Mechanics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Dr Hunt.
1990 (resigned 1992)
French Literature, Professorship of
Established for one tenure by grace of 20 March 1954 from funds offered by the French Government. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
1954 (retired 1982)
French, Drapers' Professorship of
Established by grace of 16 May 1919 with a guarantee of 800ドル a year for ten years from the Worshipful Company of Drapers. The election was governed by Statute B.IX and the residence and duties by Statute B.XI. An offer by the Drapers' Company to renew their annual grant for a further seven years from April 1939 was accepted by grace of 12 March 1937.
1919
1934
1951
1967
1980 (retired 1983)
1985 (Dr T. C. Cave was elected to the chair, but withdrew before taking office.)
Established by grace of 3 May 1972 for Dr Fairlie; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
1972 (retired 1980)
Established by grace of 4 June 1975 for Dr de Mourgues; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
1975 (retired 1981)
Established by grace of 13 June 1973 for Dr Leigh; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
1973 (retired 1982)
General Practice, Professorship of
Established by grace 3 of 14 February 1996
1997 (previously Professor of Primary Medical Care, Southampton University)
Genetics, Arthur Balfour Professorship of
Established by grace of 9 November 1912 in accordance with Statute B.VI.6 and endowed by an anonymous benefaction of 20,000ドル for the experimental study of heredity and of development by descent. The first election was made jointly by the Prime Minister and the Rt Hon. A. J. Balfour; subsequent elections were under Statute B.IX. Residence and duties are defined by Statute B.XI. The Professorship was assigned to the Special Board for Biology and Geology and transferred by grace of 22 April 1927 to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1912 (d. 1940)
1943 Sir (retired 1957)
1959 (retired 1983)
1984 (retired 1991)
1992 (previously Principal Scientist of the Imperial Cancer Research Campaign. Resigned 1996.)
1999 (previously Professor of Molecular Genetics, Dundee University)
Established by grace 1 of 20 October 1993
1995
Established by grace of 15 May 1974 for Dr Chorley; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Geography and Geology.
1974 (retired 1994)
Established, for F. Debenham in the first instance, by grace of 7 February 1931, and placed in Schedule B of the Statutes.
1931
1949
1966
1976 (retired 31 Dec. 1995)
1996 (previously Professor of Geography at LSE)
Geology, Woodwardian Professorship of
Founded by John Woodward, M.D., in 1728, and endowed with estates in Norfolk. By Woodward's will the first holder was to be elected by his executors, and subsequent holders by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Ely, the Presidents of the Royal Society and College of Physicians, the Members of Parliament for the University, and 'by the whole Senate', 'or a majority of the above specified illustrious and excellent persons'. Candidates were to be bachelors, and to vacate the office on marriage, and a preference was to be given to laymen. The professor was to be available at set times on three days a week to give access to the founder's collection of fossils. His stipend was 100ドル a year. From 1917 the stipend was to be 700,ドル bating 200ドル for Heads and Fellows. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Biology and Geology. The Professorship was assigned to the Special Board for Biology and Geology and transferred by grace of 22 April 1927 to the Faculty of Biology 'A', and by grace of 5 December 1931 to the newly constituted Faculty of Geography and Geology.
1731
1734
1762
1764
1778
1788-1818
1818
1873
1917
1930
1943
1955
1966 (retired 1983)
1985
Geometric Topology, Professorship of
1996
Established for Sir Edward Bullard by grace of 20 May 1964 and limited to his tenure. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Geography and Geology. Re-established on a permanent basis by grace of 20 May 1964, with effect from 1 January 1966.
1964 Sir
1974 (retired 1983)
1984 (resigned 1988)
1989
German Literary and Intellectual History, Professorship of
2000
German, Schröder Professorship of
Endowed by a benefaction of 20,000ドル offered by Messrs J. H. Schröder & Co., accepted by grace of 28 October 1909. Income from the fund in excess of that required for the stipend, which was not to exceed 800,ドル was added to a fund for the furtherance and study of the German Language and Literature in the university in any way recommended by the General Board and approved by the Senate.
1910
1932 (retired 1941)
1944
1951
1961
1979
1989
Gravitational Physics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 11 May 1977 for Dr Hawking; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1977 (elected to the Lucasian Professorship, 1979)
Greek and Latin, Professorship of
1995
Greek History, Professorship of
1999
1998
Greek, Regius Professorship of
Founded in 1504 by Henry VIII with a stipend of 40ドル per annum and further endowed in 1848 with a canonry at Ely Cathedral transferred in 1899 to the Ely Professorship of Divinity. The original electors were the Vice-Chancellor, the Master and two most senior Fellows of Trinity, the Provost of King's, and the Masters of St John's and Christ's, with the President of Queens' in the event of any of the above Heads being Vice-Chancellor. From 1860 to 1921 the Professor was elected by the Council of the Senate. By grace of 5 March 1921 the election was governed by the then Statute B; later, in the 1926 statutes, by Statute D. In 1915 the stipend was 360ドル from the University and 290ドル from Trinity College.
1540 Sir
1547
1549
1562
1585
1625
1639
1654
1660
1663
1666 (son of R. Creighton, 1625)
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1674
1686
1695 EM
1712
1726
1744
1750
1759
1771
1780
1792
1808
1823
1825
1853
1867
1889 Sir
1906
1921
1928
1950 Sir
1974 (retired 1982)
1984
1994 (previously Professor of Greek, University College, London)
Haematological Medicine, Leukaemia Research Fund Professorship of
Established by grace of 24 July 1968 for Dr Hayhoe and for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Medicine.
1968 (retired 1988)
Established by grace of 1 May 1985 as from January; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Haematological Medicine.
1986
Haemato-oncology, Professorship of
Established by Grace 1 of 3 March 1999
1999 (previously Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science and Honorary Consultant in the Department of Heamatology)
Health Management, Dennis Gillings Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 19 November 1997 from a benefaction.
1999 (previously Professor of Health Policy, and of Surgery, Virginia University)
Health Research and Development, Professorship of
Established by grace 5 of 7 May 1992
1993 (previously Regius Professor of Medicine, Aberdeen University)
Hebrew, Regius Professorship of
Founded by Henry VIII in 1504 with a stipend of 40ドル per annum, and further endowed by a canonry of Ely Cathedral in 1848. The original electors were the Vice-Chancellor, the Master and two most senior Fellows of Trinity, the Provost of King's, and the Masters of St John's and Christ's, with the President of Queens' in the event of any of the above Heads being Vice-Chancellor. From 1860 to 1921 the Professor was elected by the Council of the Senate. By grace of 5 March 1921 the election was governed by the then Statute B; later, in the 1926 statutes, by Statute D.
1540 (appointed for life by Letters Patent but, as a Catholic, replaced from 1549 until his death in 1575 by Paulus Fagius, Johannes Immanuel Tremellius,
Antoine Rodolphe Chevallier, and Philippe Bignon, none of whom was formally admitted)
1549 (Buchlein)
1550
1569
1572
1575
1605
1607
1608
1622 c.
1645-88
1688
1699
1705
1712
1748 T
1753
1757
1771-90
1790
1795
1831
1848
1854
1882
1903
1932
1938
1968
1995
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for Dr Willmer and for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. Re-established on a permanent basis by grace of 12 February; terminated by grace of 27 July 1983 as from 1984.
1965
1969 (retired 1984)
Histopathology, Professorship of
The Professorship of Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology was so retitled on the retirement of Professor Gresham in 1992.
1997 (previously Professor of Tumour Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm)
History and Philosophy of Science, Professorship of
Established by grace of 22 October 1986 for one tenure. Re-established by grace 2 of 5 June 1996 from the retirement of Professor Redhead.
1987
1997
History and Philosophy of the Sciences, Professorship of
1992
2000
History of Classical Antiquity, Professorship of
1997
History of International Relations, Professorship of
Established by grace of 28 May 1969 for Mr Hinsley, limited to one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and primarily assigned to the Faculty of History.
1969 Sir (retired 1983)
History of Mathematics and Exact Sciences, Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 May 1987 for Dr Whiteside.
1987 (retired 1999)
History of the British Commonwealth, Smuts Professorship of
Established by grace of 25 October 1952. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and primarily assigned to the Faculty of History. Retitled Smuts Professorship of Commonwealth History from 1994 by grace 5 of 4 March 1992.
1953 (resigned 31 March 1970)
1970 (died 1981)
1983
History of Western Art, Professorship of
Established by grace of 13 June 1973 for Mr Jaffé; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art.
1973 (retired 1990)
1860
1861
1875
1878
1887
1901 (resigned 1934)
Human Cancer Genetics, Cancer Research Campaign Professorship of
Established by grace 2 of 18 November 1992 from a benefaction.
1992 (CRC Professor of Clinical Oncology, 1996)
Human Ecology, Professorship of
Established for one tenure by a named incumbent by grace of 21 June 1949, the professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Medicine.
1949 (resigned 1970)
Human Geography, Professorship of
Establishedd by grace 4 of 24 November 1999.
2000 (previously Professor of Geography, Sheffield University)
Human Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 23 May 1984 for Dr Merton; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Physiology.
1984 (retired 1988)
Human Population Biology and Health, Professorship of
1999
Human Reproduction, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 May 1985 for Dr Edwards and for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Physiology.
1985 (retired 1989)
Immunobiology, Professorship of
2000
Established by grace 3 of 19 October 1994.
1997 (previously Principal Scientist with the I.C.R.F. Human Immunogenetics Laboratory in London)
Immunology, Sheila Joan Smith Professorship of
Previously Sheila Joan Smith Professorship of Tumour Immunology; re-titled, and assigned to the Department of Medicine by grace of 17 February 1988. Re-established on the retirement of Professor Lachmann by grace 2 of 6 May 1999.
1988-1999 (retired 1999)
Imperial and Naval History, Vere Harmsworth Professorship of
Established by grace of 16 May 1919 as a Professorship of Naval History from a benefaction of 20,000ドル offered by Lord Rothermere in memory of his second son, who had been due to come up to Trinity College in 1914 but, after distinguished military service was killed on 31 November 1916 at the battle of Ancre. The first appointment was made by Lord Rothermere. The election since is governed by Statute B.IX and the residence and duties by Statute B.XI. The Professor was assigned to the Special Board for History and Archaeology. In 1933 the title changed to 'Imperial and Naval History'. By grace of 25 February 1939 Viscount Rothermere's gift of securities for the further endowment of the professorship was accepted. See also 'Naval History'.
1951
1971 (died 1980)
1981
1991
Indian Studies, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Dr Norman.
1990 (retired 1992)
Industrial Relations, Montague Burton Professorship of
Mr Montague Burton's endowment of this professorship was accepted by grace of 14 November 1930, and the professorship placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics.
1931 (d. 1943)
1944 (resigned 1963)
1964 (retired 1983)
1985
Infectious Diseases, Professorship of
2000
Information Engineering, Professorship of
2000
Information Engineering, Professorship of
Established by grace 8 of 15 June 1994
1994
Information Engineering, Professorship of
Established by grace of 18 May 1983 for Dr Fallside, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering.
1983 (died 24 March 1993)
Inorganic Chemistry, Professorship of
Established for Emeléus by grace of 7 June 1946. The professorship placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. On Professor Emeléus' retirement in 1970 the professorship was replaced (grace 5 of 15 May 1968) by a Professorship of Chemistry.
1946-70
1996
Intellectual History and English Literature, Professorship of
2000
Intellectual Property Law, Herchel Smith Professorship of
Established by grace 2 of 20 October 1993 from an endowment made by the American Friends of Cambridge University.
1995
International Law, Professorship of
Established by grace of 28 May 1969 for Dr Parry, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Law.
1969 (died 1982)
International Law, Whewell Professorship of
Founded in 1867 in accordance with the will of William Whewell, Master of Trinity. The professor's lectures were 'to lay down such rules and to suggest suich measures as may tend to diminish the evils of war and finally to extinguish war between nations. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Trinity (with a casting vote), the Regius Professor of Civil Law, the Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy, the Downing Professor of the Laws of England and the Professor of Political Economy.
1869 Sir
1887-88 Sir
1888
1908
1920 Sir
1935 Sir
1938
1955
1981 (retired 1991)
1992 (previously Challis Professor of International Law, Sydney University)
International Macroeconomics, Professorship of
Established by grace 11 of 19 May 1993
1994 (previously Juan Trippe Professor of International Economics, Yale University. Resigned 2000.)
International Politics, Professorship of
1998
International Public Law, Professorship of
2000
International Relations, Sir Patrick Sheehy Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 5 June 1996, confirmed by ballot (placet: 1128; non placet: 583). Assigned to the Faculty of History for the first tenure.
1998 (previously Professor of International Relations at LSE)
Investigative Plant Ecology, Professorship of
2000
Italian, Serena Professorship of
Established by grace of 25 October 1918 from a benefaction of 10,000ドル offered by Mr Arthur Serena. The election is governed by Statute B.IX and the residence and duties by Statute B.XI.
1919
1929
1933
1934
1962
1981
Jewish and Early Christian Studies, Professorship of
1998
Land Economy, Professorship of
Established by grace of 28 February 1968 for Mr Denman, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Land Economy. Re-established by grace of 28 February 1979 for Mr Cameron; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of Land Economy.
1968 (retired 1978)
1980 (died 1990)
1991 (previously Professor of Law, University College, London)
Land Use and Transport Studies, Professorship of
1993
Latin, [Kennedy] Professorship of
Founded by funds gathered by subscriptions from the friends and former pupils of Benjamin Hall Kennedy on his retirement in 1865 from the Headmastership of Shrewsubury School, with the object of founding a chair in Latin named after him. Kennedy himself subscribed 500ドル on the condition that the chair be not so named. (This proviso was overturned, with the consent of Kennedy's family, in 1911, when the title changed to 'Kennedy Professor'.) The Professorship was established by grace of 29 April 1869, and the stipend augmented by the university in 1872. The electors were originally the Vice-Chancellor, the Regius Professor of Greek, the Orator, the Professor of Sanskrit, the members of the Special Board for Classics, the Professor of Latin at Oxford and the Headmaster of Shrewsbury School. By grace of 16 March 1911, the electoral board was altered to: the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Classics.
1869
1872
1911
1936 (retired 1942)
1944 Sir (resigned 1953)
1954
1974 (retired 1982)
1984
Latin-American Studies, Simón Bolívar Professorship of
Endowed by a gift of 1,280,000 bolivares (approximately 120,000ドル) from the Venezuelan Government, accepted in 1968. Established by grace of 15 May 1968. Tenure is for one year. By grace of 7 February 1973 the professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, but also governed by the special provisions of Statute G.I.10. The faculty to which the professorship is assigned varies according to holder and is shown in parentheses after each name.
1968 (Medicine)
1969 (Modern and Medieval Languages)
1970 (Biology 'B')
1971 (History)
1972 (History)
1973 (Economics and Politics)
1974 (History)
1975 (Archaeology and Anthropology)
1976 (Economics and Politics)
1977 (Modern and Medieval Languages)
1978 (History)
1979 (Biology 'B')
1980
1981 (Economics and Politics)
1982 (Economics and Politics)
1983
1984
1985
1986 His Excellency D. (Spanish)
1987
1988 (Classics)
1988 (Divinity)
1989
1990
1991 (Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Buenos Aires University)
1992 (Professor of the International Institute of Advanced Studies, Caracas. (Social and Political Sciences))
1993 (Associate Professor of Sociology, Sao Paulo University)
1994 (Professor of the International Institute of Advanced Studies, Caracas. (Physiology))
1995 (Professor of Hispanic Studies, Brown University. (Spanish and Portuguese))
1996 (Professor of Mexican History, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos de Lima. (History))
1997 (Professor at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro. (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology))
1998 (Social and Political Sciences)
1999 (Professor of History, University of Buenos Aires. History)
2000 (Professor in the Department of Political Science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico)
Law and Public Policy, Professorship of
2000 (Director of the Institute of Criminology)
Law of Taxation, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Mr Tiley.
1990
1996 Sir (Vice-Chancellor Emeritus, and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law)
1995
Established by grace 4 of 7 May 1992
???? (previously Professor of Law and Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London)
Established by grace of 21 July 1971, replacing the Professorship of Comparative Law; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Law.
1973
1976
1990 (Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law, 1995)
1995 (Master of Clare)
Laws of England, Downing Professorship of the
Founded in 1800 in pursuance of the will of Sir George Downing, Bart. The original electors were the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Masters of Clare, St John's and Downing, and the stipend 500ドル more than the dividend payable to each Fellow of Downing. In 1915 the electors were The Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Downing, or, if the Mastership were vacant or the Master a candidate, the senior member of the Governing body of Downing, not being a candidate, and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Law.
1788 (appointed in advance of the foundation of the college; brother of Fletcher; 'passed away in the full vigour of his incapacity')
1800
1823
1849
1888
1907
1919 (retired 1942)
1945
1962 Sir
1966
1970
1975
1998
Legal Science, Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professorship of
Established by grace of 20 October 1971, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Law. By grace of 7 Febuary 1973, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes but also governed by the special provisions of Statute G.I.10. Tenure is for one year.
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996 Sir
1997
1998
1999
2000
Established by grace 7 of 27 October 1999.
2000 (previously Professor of English Linguistics, Stuttgart University)
Established by grace of 27 February 1980 for Mr Matthews; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of Linguistics.
1980
Literary History, Professorship of
1994
Macromolecular Biochemistry, Professorship in
1991
Magnetic Resonance, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
This is the John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of Physics, re-titled by grace 2 of 22 July 1987.
1987 (retired 1999)
Mammalian Cell Biochemistry, Professorship of
1996
Mammalian Genetics, Professorship of
1994 (resigned 1999)
Management Studies, Beckwith Professorship of
Established by grace 3 of 19 June 1996 from a benefaction.
1998 (previously Adjunct Professor in the Anderson School, U.C.L.A. Resigned 31 Dec. 2000.)
Management Studies, Diageo Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 as the Guinness Professorship of Management Studies and assigned to the Institute of Management Studies. Retitled the Diageo Professorship by grace 3 of 28 April 1999.
1991 (previously Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Aston University. Resigned 2000.)
Management Studies, Peat, Marwick, and Mitchell Professorship of
Established by grace of 22 May 1985; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Engineering.
1986 (resigned 1994)
1995 (previously Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Imperial College, London)
Management Studies, Professorship of
1996 (previously Professor of Mathematics, Essex University)
2000
Manufacturing Engineering, GKN Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 9 August 2000 from a benefaction.
2000
Manufacturing Engineering, Professorship of
This is the Professorship of Mechanics, re-titled by grace 3 of 19 March 1986.
1995
Materials Chemistry, Professorship of
1996 (previously Professor of Mineral Engineering, Leeds University)
Materials Science, Goldsmith' Professorship of
The Goldsmith's Professorship of Metallurgy was so retitled by grace 4 of 19 June 1991
1992
Materials Science, Professorship of
Established by grace 2 of 26 October 1988.
1990 (Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science, 1992)
1992
Mathematical Astrophysics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 May 1987 for Dr Weiss.
1987
Mathematical Biology, Professorship of
1999
Mathematical Physics, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 November 1931 from the Plummer bequest, placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics. In 1938 Mr Fowler was re-elected after resignation. By grace of 1 November 1958 the vacant professorship was to be continued in the subject either of Experimental Physics or Theoretical Physics. In 1960 Dr A. B. Pippard was elected to the chair (Experimental Physics) and, in view of the nature of his work, the title was changed, by grace of 30 July 1960, to 'Physics' and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1932 Sir (died 1944)
1946 (died 1958)
Mathematical Physics, Professorship of (1967)
Established by grace of 16 November 1966, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1968 (resigned 1979)
1980 (retired 1995)
1996 (previously Professor of Physics at Princeton)
Mathematical Physics, Professorship of (1978)
Established by grace of 30 March 1973 to replace the Professorship of Theoretical Astronomy which lapsed on Professor Lyttleton's retirement in 1978.
1980
Mathematical Physics, Professorship of (1994)
1995
Mathematical Physics, Professorship of (1998)
1998
Mathematical Sciences, Rothschild Visiting Professorship at the Isaac Newton Institute for
Established by grace 1 (V) of 24 October 1990 from a benefaction of 250,000ドル from N. M. Rothschild and Sons. The Professors normally hold office for not more than six months.
1992 (Professor of Mathematics, Moscow University)
1992 (Professor of Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley)
1993 (Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Harvard)
1994 (Professor of Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara)
1994 (Professor of Mathematics at Harvard)
1995 (Regents' Professor, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology)
1995 (Hillman Professor of Computer Science, Philosophy, and Mathematical Logic, Carnegie Mellon University)
1996 (Head of the Department of Meteorology, Reading University)
1996 (Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California)
1997 (Professor in the Mehta Research Institute for Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences in India)
1997 (Harold W. Cheel Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University)
1999
2000 (Professor of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
2000 (Professor of Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology)
Mathematical Statistics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 2 December 1961, after general approval had been given by grace of 30 July 1960. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1962
1985
1992 (previously Professor of Mathematics, Bristol University)
Mathematics for Operational Research, Churchill Professorship of
Endowed from a donation from the Esso Petroleum Company Limited, for a professorship of this title, accepted by grace of 2 February 1966. The professorship was established, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1967
1994
Mathematics of Systems, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Dr Kelly.
1990
Mathematics, Lucasian Professorship of
Founded in 1663 in pursuance of the will of Henry Lucas, M.A., M.P. for the University, and endowed with an estate at and near Thirleigh, Bedfordshire. By Grace of the Senate of 27 May 1886 the Professor came under Statute B. The electors were the Vice-Chancellor and the Heads of Colleges until 1928 when, by grace of 3 March, the board of electors was reconstituted in accordance with Statute D.XIV.2. See also 'Pure Mathematics'.
1664 resigned in favour of Newton
1669 Sir with royal leave not to take holy orders
1702
1711
1739
1760-98
1798-1820
1820
1822
1826 Sir
1828
1839
1849 Sir
1903 Sir
1932
1969 Sir
1979
Established by grace of 17 March 1971 for Mr Swinnerton-Dyer; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1971 Sir (resigned 1988)
Established by grace of 18 May 1983 for Dr Conway, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.
1983 (resigned 1987)
Mathematics, Rouse Ball Professorship of
Founded from a sum received from the trustees of the late Walter William Rouse Ball, Fellow of Trinity, with no limitation to any particular branch of the subject, and assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics. See also 'Pure Mathematics'.
1928
1950
1958 (died 1969)
1971 (retired 1993)
1994 (previously Professor of Mathematics, Warwick University. Resigned 1997)
1998
Mathematics, Visiting Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 May 1968, limited to one tenure of not more than five years, and assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics. Lapsed on the election of Professor Thompson to the Rouse Ball Professorship of Mathematics.
1968-70
Mechanical Engineering, Professorship of
1993
Mechanical Engineering, Professorship of
Established by grace 12 of 5 February 1997.
1998 (previously Professor of Structural Dynamics, Southampton University)
Mechanics of Materials, Professorship of (1997)
1997
Mechanics of Materials, Professorship of (1999)
1999
Mechanics of Solids, Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 May 1972 for Dr Hill; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1972 (retired 1979)
Established by grace of 30 July 1960. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering. Re-titled 'Manufacturing Engineering' by grace 3 of 19 March 1986.
1962 (resigned 1964)
1965
1975 (retired 1982)
1986
Mechanism and Applied Mechanics = Mechanical Sciences, Professorship of
Established by grace of 28 October 1875. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry. Transferred from the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry to the Special Board for Engineering Studies on its constitution in 1923. In 1934 the title of the chair was changed, by statute, from 'Mechanism and Applied Mechanics' to 'Mechanical Sciences' and by grace of 23 November 1966 to 'Engineering (1875)'.
1875 Rt Hon.
1890 Sir
1903
1919 (retired 1940)
1943 Sir
Medical Genetics, Professorship of (1994)
Established by grace 4 of 20 July 1994.
1995 (previously Prince Philip Professor of Paedriatric Research, United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, London)
Medical Genetics, Professorship of (1997)
Established by grace 5 of 18 October 1995.
1998 (previously Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow of the Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford University)
Medical Materials, Professorship of
Established by grace 8 of 27 January 1999
2000 (previously Professor of Materials and Director of the IRC in Biomedical Materials at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London)
Medical Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Dr Fitzsimons.
1990 (retired 1995)
Medicinal Chemistry, Herchel Smith Professorship of
Established by grace of 6 May 1982; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine. Re-titled 'Organic Chemistry' in 1988.
1984
Medicine, Downing Professorship of
Founded in 1800 in pursuance of the will of Sir George Downing, Bart. The original electors were the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Masters of Clare, St John's and Downing, and the stipend 500ドル more than the dividend payable to each Fellow of Downing. In 1915 the electors were The Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Downing, or, if the Mastership were vacant or the Master a candidate, the senior member of the Governing body of Downing, not being a candidate, and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Medicine.
1800-14 Sir
1814-41
1841-71
1874
1894 (d. 1930)
Medicine, Professorship of (1962)
Established by grace of 3 November 1962. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Medicine.
1963 (retired 1988)
1989
Medicine, Professorship of (1987)
Established by grace 2 of 7 May 1987 with effect from October 1987.
1988
Medieval and Renaissance English, Professorship of
Established by grace of 20 February 1954. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of English.
1954 (resigned 1963)
1964
1978
1988 (resigned 1999)
1999
Medieval Art, Professorship of
Established by grace of 8 May 1986 for Dr Henderson.
1986 (retired 1996)
Medieval Ecclesiastical History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for Dr Ullman, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of History. Lapsed on Professor Ullman's election to the chair of Medieval History.
1965-72
Medieval Hebrew Studies, Professorship of
1998 (Senior Under-Librarian in the University Library)
Medieval History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 May 1937, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of History.
1937 (retired 1942)
1944 (died 1946)
1947 ('David'), Regius Professor of Modern History from 1954
1955
1972
1978
1988
1999
Medieval Latin Literature, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1989 for Mr Dronke.
1989
Mediterranean History, Professorship of
2000
Membrane Biophysics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 30 July 1980 for Dr Haydon; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of Physiology.
1980 (died 1988)
Membrane Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 June 1975 for Dr Glynn; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1975 (elected Professor of Physiology, 1986)
Mental Philosophy and Logic, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 December 1896 with the aid of Henry Sidgwick who gave, until 1900, 200ドル a year towards the Professor's stipend. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Moral Science. In 1934 the title of the chair was changed to 'Philosophy' q.v.
1897
1925
Metabolic Medicine, Professorship of
1996 (Wellcome Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science in the Department of Medicine)
Metallurgy, Goldsmiths' Professorship of
Established by grace of 20 November 1931 to replace the Goldsmiths' Readership in Metallurgy. A further gift of 12,500ドル was received from the Goldsmiths' Company in 1933. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. Retitled Goldsmiths' Professorship of Materials Science by grace 4 of 19 June 1991.
1932 (retired 1942)
1945
1958 Sir (resigned 1965)
1966
1984 (retired 1991)
Mexican History, Professorship of
1999
Microbial Biochemistry, Professorship of
1999
Microelectronics, Professorship of
1992
Mineral Physics, Professorship of
1992 (Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology, 1994)
Mineralogy and Petrology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 24 April 1931, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned, originally, to the Faculty of Biology 'A' whence it was transferred, by grace of 5 December 1931, to the Faculty of Geography and Geology.
1931
1961
1978 (retired 1991)
1994
Founded by the University in 1808 for E. D. Clarke (who had already been lecturing for two years prior to the foundation) and continued after his death. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry. Discontinued on the retirement of Hutchinson (but replaced by the Professorship of Mineralogy and Petrology).
1808-22
1822
1828
1832
1881
1926 (retired 1931)
Modern and Contemporary History, Professorship of
1993
Modern British History, Professorship of
1991
Modern English History, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for Dr Plumb, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of History.
1965 (resigned 1973)
Modern English, Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 May 1972 for Dr Holloway; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of English.
1972 (retired 1982)
Modern European History, Professorship of
1992
Modern French Literature, Professorship of
1997
Modern History, Professorship of
By grace of 13 June 1930 a chair was established, to be held in the first instance by H. W. V. Temperley, the title of the professorship was to be taken, in the absence of a specific chair for that subject, to include medieval history. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of History.
1930 (d. 1939)
1944 Sir
1963 (resigned 1979)
1980 (retired 1997)
1998 (previously Professor of History at Birkbeck College, London)
Modern History, Regius Professorship of
Instituted by George I in 1724 and continued by succeeding sovereigns. The professor was to maintain, out of his stipend of 400,ドル at least two teachers of modern languages who were to give free instruction to twenty scholars nominated by the King, one of the aims being to equip graduates for diplomatic service. In 1915 the stipend was 800ドル (or 600ドル for Heads or Fellows). Appointment is by the Crown.
1724
1735
1762
1768
1771-1807
1807
1849 Sir
1860
1869 Sir
1895 Sir
1902
1927 (resigned 1941)
1943 Sir
1947
1954 ('David')
1963 Sir
1968 Sir
1983 Sir
1988
1996
Modern Indian History, Professorship of
1991 (Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History 1992)
Modern Japanese Studies, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 August 1984; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Oriental Studies. Retitled Japanese Studies by grace 1 of 19 March 1997.
1985
Modern Languages, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
1966 (elected Schröder Professor of German 1979)
1982
Molecular Endocrinology, Professorship of
Established by grace 2 of 23 May 1990.
1990
Molecular Enzymology, Professorship of
1999
Molecular Microbiology, Professorship of
1996 (previously Professor of Microbiology, Warwick University)
Molecular Parasitology, Glaxo Professorship of
Established by grace 14 of 24 July 1991 from the endowment of Glaxo Holdings plc.
1991 (previously Reader and Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Molecular Pharmacology, Professorship of
1999 (previously Deputy Chief Scientific Officer at the Babraham Institute, Cambs)
Molecular Sciences Informatics, Unilever Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 20 May 1998 from a benefaction.
1999 (previously Vice-President of Discovery Research, Tripos Inc., St Louis, USA)
Moral Philosophy, Knightbridge Professorship of
Founded in 1683 as a Professorship of 'Moral Theology or Casuisticall Divnity' (and sometimes referred to as the Professorship of Casuistry) in pursuance of the will of John Knightbridge, D.D., Fellow of Peterhouse; further endowed in 1707 by a bequest from the first holder, Dr Smoult. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Moral Science. By grace of 20 October 1965 the title of the professorship was changed to the 'Knightbridge Professorship of Philosophy' with effect from the end of Professor Braithwaite's tenure.
1683
1707
1744
1764-69
1769-88
1788
1809-13
1813-38
1838
1855
1866
1872
1883
1909
1933
1953
Morbid Anatomy and Histology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 13 June 1973 for Dr Gresham; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. Retitled Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology on the retirement of Professor Gresham.
1973 (retired 1992)
Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology, Professorship of
Established by grace 3 of 9 May 1991. Retitled Histopathology by grace 18 of 27 July 1994.
1992 Sir (retired 1996)
Founded, the first such, by the University in 1684, on the recommendation of the Crown, but carrying no stipend until 1868. Full residence was not required until 1935, but the Professor was obliged to give at least four lectures annually, and to take part in all the examinations for degrees in music and in the Special Examinations in Music for the Ordinary B.A. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Music. By grace of 2 May 1920, amended in 1926-7, the regulations provided that (1) the appointment be for a period of five years, renewable; (2) the professor be not bound to reside; (3) that he lecture and be available to students in Michaelmas and Lent Terms and act as an examiner in all degrees in music; (4) that any fees charged for his lectures be paid into a Faculty Fund and used to pay for any illustrations to his lectures. By grace of 6 December 1929 paragraph 4 was amended to allow for payment from the same fund to the professor for any teaching undertaken at the request, and on the behalf, of the Faculty of Music. By grace of 17 May 1935 it was determined that from the next tenure the professorship should be governed only by Statute D.XIII.5.
1684
1705
1730
1755
1799
1821
1836
1856 Sir
1875 Sir
1887 Sir
1924
1926 (retired 1941)
1946
1962 (resigned 1964)
1965
1976
1999 (previously Professor of Music, Oxford University)
Mycenean Greek, Professorship of
1997 (retired 1999)
Established by grace of 17 March 1971 for Dr Garrett; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1971 (resigned 1973)
Nanotechnology, Professorship of
1999
Natural (Experimental) Philosophy, Jacksonian Professor of
Founded in 1783 in pursuance of the will of the Rev. Richard Jackson. The professor was to 'have an eye more particularly to that opprobrium medicorum called the gout' but was otherwise allowed great latitude in the choice of subjects, provided they were experimental in character. He was expected to exhibit the natural bodies on which he lectured and to perform chemical analyses of them. Election was originally by the Regent House, preference being given to members of Trinity and to men from Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire or Cheshire. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Physics and Chemistry. The stipend, after Dewar's tenure, was to be 800,ドル bating 200ドル for Heads and Fellows. Appointments were twice suspended after Professor Wilson's retirement in June 1935. By grace of 25 February 1939 it was decided that the Professor's duties should no longer be specially prescribed, but that the rules for Professors in general should be applied. By grace of 1 December 1965 it was decided that the work of the professor should be permanently concerned with physics.
1783-92
1792-1813
1813
1837
1874 Sir (d. 1923)
1925 (retired 1935)
1936 Sir
1939 Sir (resigned 1946)
1947
1972 (retired 1990)
1991 (previously Professor of Astronomy, Edinburgh University, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, and Director of the Royal Observatory at Edinburgh)
Naval History, Vere Harmsworth Professorship of
Established by grace of 16 May 1919 from a benefaction of 20,000ドル offered by Lord Rothermere in memory of his second son, who had been due to come up to Trinity College in 1914 but, after distinguished military service was killed on 31 November 1916 at the battle of Ancre. The first appointment was made by Lord Rothermere. The election since is governed by Statute B.IX and the residence and duties by Statute B.XI. The Professor was assigned to the Special Board for History and Archaeology. In 1933 the title was changed to 'Imperial and Naval History'. By grace of 25 February 1939 Viscount Rothermere's gift of securities for the further endowment of the professorship was accepted.
1919 (resigned 1933)
1934 Admiral Sir
1936
Nehru, Jawaharlal, Visiting Professorship
Established by grace of 3 November 1982. The title of the professorship is determined at the time of election. It is placed in Schedule B and H of the Statutes and governed by special regulations.
1983 (Physical Chemistry)
1984 (Economics and Politics)
1985 (Architecture)
1986 (Physics)
1987 (History)
1988
1989 (Engineering)
1990
1992 (Social and Political Sciences)
Neurological Genetics, Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 18 November 1998.
1999
Established in 1988 for one tenure.
1989
Neuropathology, Professorship of
1998
Neurophysiology, Professorship of
1992
Neuroscience, Professorship of (1986)
Established by grace of 8 May 1986 for Dr Burrows.
1986 (Professor of Zoology, 1996)
Neuroscience, Professorship of (1994)
1994
Neuroscience, Professorship of (1999)
1999
Neurosensory Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 18 May 1983 for Dr Campbell, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Department of Physiology.
1983 (retired 1991)
Neurosurgery, Bayer Professorship of
Established by grace 3 of 28 February 1990. By grace 2 of 1 March 2000 'Bayer' was removed from the title.
2000 (previously Professor of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Southampton University)
Nonlinear Dynamics, Professorship of
1995 (previously Professor of Mathematics, Warwick University. Resigned 2000)
Nuclear Medicine, Professorship of
Established grace 3 of 25 February 1998.
1998 (previously Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital)
Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations, Professorship of
1999
Established by grace of 17 March 1971 for Dr Grierson; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of History.
1971 (retired 1978)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Professorship of (1975)
Established by grace of 26 February 1975; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
1975
1976
1988
Ocean Geochemistry and Palaeochemistry, Professorship of
1999
Organic and Polymer Chemistry, Professorship of
1998
Organic Chemistry, Herchel Smith Professorship of
Previously entitled 'Medicinal Chemistry'.
1988
Organic Chemistry, Professorship of (1702)
This is the 1702 chair in Chemistry renamed 'Organic Chemistry' by grace of 26 February 1943. Retitled the BP Professorship of Organic Chemistry by grace 9 of 1 May 1991 in acknowledgement of a benefaction.
1944 (Lord Todd, 1962) (resigned 1971)
1972
1988
1992 (previously Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine)
Organic Chemistry, Professorship of (1969)
Established by grace of 26 February 1969 for A. R. Battersby, for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1959 (elected Professor of Organic Chemistry (1702) in 1988)
Organic Chemistry, Professorship of (1998)
1998
Paediatrics, Professorship of (1978)
Established by grace of 1 February 1978; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
1979 (retired Dec. 1988)
1989
Paediatrics, Professorship of (1998)
Established by grace 6 of 17 June 1998.
2000 (previously Reader in Paediatrics, Oxford University)
Palaeoecology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 June 1975 for Dr West; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'A'.
1975 (elected Professor of Botany, 1977)
Palaeography and Cultural History, Professorship of
1995
Palaeontology and Biostratigraphy, Professorship of
2000
Established by Grace of 6 December 1883. The Professor was forbidden to undertake the private practice of medicine or surgery. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Medicine. By grace of 9 February 1924 the professorship was transferred from the Special Board of Medicine to the Special Board for Biology and Geology; but by grace of 21 November of the same year, it was returned to Medicine. By grace of 22 April 1927 it was assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1884
1897
1899
1922 (died 1961)
1962
1975 (died 1987)
1987
1998 (previously Professor of Experimental Pathology, Edinburgh University)
Established for Dr Levy by grace of 6 May 1950. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Oriental Languages.
1950 (retired 1958)
Petroleum Science, BP Professorship of
Established by grace 4 of 21 October 1998.
2000 (previously Professor of Applied Mathematics, Bristol University)
Pharmacology, Sheild Professorship of
Established for the tenure of E. B. Verney by grace of 7 June 1946. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. By grace of 11 March 1961 the professorship was re-established on a permanent basis.
1946
1962 (resigned 1971)
1973 (resigned 1978)
1979
1999 (previously Halliburton Professor of Pharmacology, King's College, London)
Philosophy of Science, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 June 1975 for Miss Hesse; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.
1975 (retired 1985)
Philosophy (previously Mental Philosophy and Logic), Professorship of
The title of the chair was altered by a Statute approved in 1934. See also 'Mental Philosophy and Logic'.
1939
1948
1952 (resigned 1968)
1970
1986 (retired 1999)
Philosophy, Knightbridge Professor of
This is the previous Knightbridge Professorship of Moral Philosophy, re-named by grace of 20 October 1965.
1967 (retired 1979)
1980
1998
Philosophy, Professorship of (1999)
1999
Founded by Henry VIII in 1504 with a stipend of 40ドル. In 1652 John Crane bequeathed to the university, for the use of the professor, a house on a site subsequently required for the building of the Senate House and so exchanged, in 1724, for one in Market Street. Re-assigned from the Faculty of Clinical Medicine to the Department of Medicine by grace 3 of 18 March 1987. Appointment is by the Crown.
1540
1554 c.
1555 c.
1564
1591?
1596
1623
1625
1635
1636
1677-1700
1700-41
1741-93
1793-1817 Sir
1817-51
1851-72
1872-92 Sir
1892 Sir
1925 Sir
1932 Sir
1935 (resigned 1943)
1945 Sir (died 1956)
1957
1975 Sir (took up appointment on 1 Jan. 1976)
1987
Physical Chemistry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1978 for Dr Thrush; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1978 (retired 1995)
Physical Chemistry, Professorship of
Established by the University by grace of 14 February 1920, the stipend being charged to the income of a Fund established by a benefaction made by the British Oil Companies. The election is governed by Statute B.IX and the residence and duties by Statute B.XI.
1920
1937
1965 (died 1975)
1978 (resigned 1986)
1988
Physical Electronics, Professorship of
1999
Physical Metallurgy, Professorship of
1999
Physics (1966; grace 7 of 1 Dec. 1965), Professorship of
A professorship of Physics was established by grace 7 of 1 December 1965, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, and was discontinued by grace of 3 December 1969, with effect from January 1966, for so long as the Visiting Professorship of Theoretical Physics, established by grace of 2 November 1966 should remain in being.
1976
Physics (1966; grace 7 of 1 Dec. 1965), Professorship of
This is the new title of the Professorship of Radio Astronomy, made permanent and re-titled, by grace 19 of 1 Dec. 1965, with effect from the end of Professor Ryle's tenure in 1982, at which time the professorship was revived, but not filled. Released from abeyance by grace of 30 July 1986.
1987
1997 (previously Head of the Theoretical Physics Department at the Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, New Jersey)
Physics, Cavendish Professorship of
This is the new title of the Cavendish Professorship of Experimental Physics, re-named by grace of 21 January 1970.
1971 Sir (retired 1982)
1984 Sir
1995
Physics, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
By grace of 1 November 1958 the John Humphrey Plummer professorship of Mathematical Physics, vacant by the death of Professor Hartree, was to be continued in the subject either of Experimental Physics or Theoretical Physics. In 1960 Dr A. B. Pippard was elected to the chair (Experimental Physics) and, in view of the nature of his work, the title was changed, by grace of 30 July 1960, to 'Physics' and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. By grace of 22 July 1987 the professorship was re-titled 'Magnetic Resonance'.
1960 Sir (elected Cavendish Professor, 1971)
1972 Sir (elected Cavendish Professor, 1984)
1987 (retired 1999)
Physics, Professorship of (1919)
Established by the University by grace of 16 May 1919 to provide for Thomson, who had resigned the Cavendish chair to make way for Ernest Rutherford. Rooms and other facilities were provided at the Cavendish, but no stipend. The professorship lapsed on Thomson's death. (See also 'Experimental Physics'.)
1919 Sir (d. 1940)
Physics, Professorship of (1973)
Two professorships were established by grace of 13 June 1973 for Drs Shoenberg and Tabor; each of them limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1973
1973 (retired 1981)
Physics, Professorship of (1974)
Established by grace of 15 May 1974 for Dr Josephson; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1974
Physics, Professorship of (1986)
Established by grace of 8 May 1986 for Dr Howie.
1986
Physics, Professorship of (1990)
Established by grace of 10 May 1990 for Mr Brown.
1990
Physiology of Reproduction, Mary Marshall (and Arthur Walton) Professorship of
By grace of 22 January 1954 the bequest of Francis Hugh Adam Marshall, Sc.D., sometime Reader in Agricultural Physiology, for the establishment of a professorship of the Physiology and Reproduction in member of his mother, Mary Marshall, was accepted, and by grace of 30 May 1959 general approval was given to the establishment of such a professorship for one tenure. By grace of 13 May 1961 an offer from the Milk Marketing Board and Private Centres Group to provide a sum of 32,000ドル to convert the chair to a permanent one was accepted, and the title of the professorship changed to commemorate also the work of the late Dr Arthur Walton of Downing College.
1960
1967
1977
1992 (previously Chief Scientific Officer at the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research at Babraham)
Established by grace of 10 May 1883, largely in recognition of the work of Michael Foster, Praelector in Physiology at Trinity College since 1870. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Biology and Geology. Assigned by grace of 22 April 1937 to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1883 Sir
1903
1925 Sir
1937 (Baron Adrian)
1952 Sir
1973
1986 (retired 1995)
1996 (previously Professor of Physiology, Bristol University)
Plant Biochemistry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 May 1972 for Dr Northcote; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1972 (retired 1989)
Plant Biophysics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 May 1987 for Miss MacRobbie.
1987 (retired 1999)
Plant Cytogenetics, Professorship of
1996 (Director of the Botanic Garden; previously Head of the Department of Botany, Reading University)
Plant Ecology, Professorship of
Established by grace 7 of 27 October 1999
2000 (previously Professor of Plant Ecophysiology, Newcastle University)
Plant Molecular Biology, Professorship of
1996
Plant Physiology, Professorship of
Established for the tenure of G. E. Briggs by grace of 7 June 1946. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A'. It lapsed on Briggs' election to the Professorship of Botany.
1946
Political Economy, Professorship of
The title was first conferred by grace of 21 May 1828 on George Pryme, and was estagblished by grace of 29 October 1863. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Economics and Politics.
1828
1863
1884
1908 (retired 1943)
1944 Sir
1957 Sir (resigned 1968)
1969
1980 (retired 1991)
1992 (previously Tooke Professor of Economic Science and Statistics, LSE. Resigned 1994.)
1995 Sir (previously Edgeworth Professor of Economics, Oxford University)
Political Science, Professorship of
Endowed by a donation from the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, accepted by grace of 13 November 1926, of 150,000ドル. The professor was, with the approval of the General Board, allowed to devote one term in each year to research, in addition to the allowances under Statute D.xii.5, provided only that he be not absent for more than three terms in succession. The professor was assigned to the Faculty of History, and was also a member of the Faculty Board of Economics and Politics.
1927
1939 Sir
1967
1978 (Regius Professor of Modern History, 1996)
1997
Political Theory, Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 May 1987 for Mr Dunn. Originally assigned to the Faculty of History; re-assigned to the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, 9 December 1987.
1987
Prehistory and Human Evolution, Professorship of
1997
Primary Education, Professorship of
Established by grace 5 of 27 October 1999.
2000 (previously Professor of Education, Bristol University)
Process Innovation, Professorship of
1999
Established by grace 6 of 22 March 2000.
2000 (previously Professor of Psychiatry and Community Mental Health, Nottingham University)
Psychiatry, Professorship of (1976)
Established by grace of 28 January 1976; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
1977 Sir
1985
Psychiatry, Professorship of (1999)
Established by grace 5 of 21 October 1998.
1999 (previously Wellcome Trust Advanced Research Training Fellow and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London)
Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies, Professorship of
2000
Psychological Criminology, Professorship of
1992
Public Health, Professorship of
This is the Professorship of Community Medicine, re-titled on Professor Acheson's retirement in 1988.
1989 (resigned 1999)
Pure Mathematics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 15 May 1974 for Dr Baker; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Mathematics.
1974
Pure Mathematics, Sadleirian Professorship of
Lady Sadleir, widow first of William Croome, M.D., Fellow of Emmanuel and the proposer of the scheme, and then of Sir Edwin Sadleir, by her will dated 25 September 1701, made provision for lectures in the different colleges 'for the full and clear explication and teaching that part of mathematical knowledge commonly called algebra'. Lady Sadleir died in 1706 and the lectures started in Emmanuel at Michaelmas, 1710, and subsequently at other colleges. The scheme proved unsatisfactory, and by statute approved by the Queen in Council in 1860, the lectureships were replaced by a professorship. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor, three Heads of Colleges, elected by those on the electoral roll, to have tenure for the duration of their headship, and the Lucasian, Plumian and Lowndean Professors, all these corporately know as the Sadleirian or Algebra Trustees. By grace of 3 March 1928 the board of electors was re-constituted in accordance with Statute D.xiv.2.
1863
1895
1910
1931 (retired 1942)
1945
1953
1967 (retired 1984)
1986
Quantum Chemistry, Professorship of
1991
Quaternary Palaeoclimatology, Professorship of
1991 Sir
Quaternary Prehistory, Professorship of
Established by grace of 11 May 1977 for Dr McBurney; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology.
1977 (died 1979)
Radio Astronomy, Professorship of (1971)
Established by grace of 13 June 1959 for M. Ryle and limited to one tenure. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. By grace 19 of 1 December 1965 the professorship was re-established on a permanent basis with effect from 1 January 1966, and was, with effect from the end of Professor Ryle's tenure, to carry the title 'Professorship of Physics' [(1966; grace 19 of 1 Dec. 1965)]. However, by grace of 10 December 1969 a further professorship of Radio Astronomy was established as from 1 October 1971, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1959 Sir (retired 1982)
1971 (retired Dec. 1989)
1990
Radioastronomy, Professorship of (1989)
Established by grace of 10 May 1989 for Dr Baldwin.
1989 (retired 1999)
Established by grace of 23 February 1977; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
1978
1994
Radiotherapeutics, Professorship of
Established for the tenure of J. S. Mitchell by grace of 1 March 1946. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Medicine. It lapsed on the appointment of J. S. Mitchell as Regius Professor of Physic but by grace of 8 May 1974 was re-established for Professor Mitchell; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.
1946-57 (Regius Professor of Physic from 1957)
1975-76 (retired 1976)
Reproductive Immunology, Professorship of
2000
Reproductive Sciences, Professorship of
1992
Respiratory Biology, Professorship of
Established by grace 7 of 22 July 1998.
1998
Respiratory Medicine, Professorship of
Established by grace 2 of 8 May 1997.
1998 (previously Reader and Senior Wellcome Research Fellow in Clinical Science, Edinburgh University)
Rheumatology, Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 1 March 1995.
1992 (previously Professor of Experimental Rheumatology, Birmingham University)
RNA Biochemistry, Professorship of
2000
Established by grace of 16 May 1867. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Oriental Studies. Abolished on the death of Professor Brough in accordance with grace 1 of 8 June 1983.
1867
1903
1906
1936 Sir
1967 (died Jan. 1984)
Scandinavian Studies, Professorship of
Established for the tenure of B. W. Downs by grace of 27 May 1950. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. The professorship lapsed on the retirement of Professor Downs.
1950 (retired 1960)
Signal Processing, Professorship of
1998
Slavonic Studies, Professorship of
Established for the tenure of Miss E. M. Hill by grace of 7 August 1948. The professorship is placed in Schedule B of the statutes and is assigned to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. Re-established on a permanent basis by grace of 7 December 1966 with effect from 1 October 1968.
1948
1968 (retired 1984)
1985
Social Anthropology, Professorship of
Established by grace of 3 May 1972 for Mr Leach; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology.
1972 Sir (retired 1978)
Social Anthropology, William Wyse Professorship of
Established partly with the support of Trinity college from money bequeathed to them by William Wyse, formerly Fellow and Honorary Fellow of Trinity, by grace of 18 June 1932. The Professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology.
1932
1937
1950
1973
1984 (retired 1992)
1993 (previously Professor of Social Anthropology, Manchester University)
Social History, Professorship of
1998 (resigned 1999)
Social Theory, Professorship of
A visiting professorship, with tenure of one year, established as from 1 October 1953 by graces of 7 June and 2 August 1952.
1953
1954
1955
1956
Established by grace of 15 May 1968 for Mr Barnes, for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Economics and Politics. Re-established for one further tenure by grace of 13 February 1985.
1969 (retired 1982)
1985 (resigned 1997)
1998 (previously Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Foundation Professor of Sociology, Deakin University, Australia)
Soil Mechanics, Professorship of
2000
Spanish Golden-Age Literature, Culture and Society, Professorship of
1999
Established by grace of 27 May 1933 for a single tenure, placed placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. The professorship was continued, by grace of 7 June 1952, after the resignation of Professor Trend.
1933
1953
1973
1975 (retired 1990)
1991 (previously Reader in Hispanic Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London)
Statistical Science, Professorship of
Established by grace 5 of 26 May 1993; amended by grace 9 of 27 April 1994.
1994 (previously Professor of Statistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Stroke Medicine, Professorship of
Established by grace 6 of 27 October 1999.
2000 previously Director of Research (Neurosciences) at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research at Caen)
Structural Biochemistry, Professorship of
Established by grace of 10 May 1989 for Dr Perham.
1989
Structural Biology, Professorship of
2000
Structural Dynamics, Professorship of
1999
Structural Engineering, Professorship of
2000
Structural Mechanics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 8 May 1986 for Dr Calladine.
1986
Superconductivity, Professorship of
Established by grace 15 of 16 June 1993.
1994
Surface Chemistry, Professorship of
1999
Surface Physics, Professorship of
Established by grace 12 of 1 December 1965 for Dr Bowden, for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
1965 (died 1968)
Established by grace of 10 May 1883, the chair was suspended in 1896, and re-established by grace of 11 June 1903. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Medicine. The Professorship was discontinued by grace of 4 June 1921. By grace of 10 March 1965 it was again established, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Medicine.
1883-1896 Sir
1903-15
1965 Sir (retired 1998)
Surgery, Professorship of (1996)
Established by grace 4 of 14 February 1996.
1997 (previously Professor and Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow University)
2000
Theoretical Astronomy, Professorship of (1969)
Established by grace of 28 May 1969 for Dr Lyttleton, for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and primarily assigned to the Faculty of Mathematics. By grace of 27 October 1972 assigned primarily to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. By grace of 30 May 1973 it was determined that the professorship, on the termination of Professor Lyttleton's tenure should be re-established on a permanent basis as the Professorship of Mathematical Physics (1978).
1969 (retired 1978)
Theoretical Astronomy, Professorship of (1999)
1999
Theoretical Astrophysics, Professorship of
1993
Theoretical Chemistry, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
Established by grace of 7 November 1931 from the J. H. Plummer bequest originally under the title of 'Inorganic Chemistry', which was changed to 'Theoretical Chemistry' by grace of 19 December 1932. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. Discontinued by grace of 15 May 1968.
1932 Sir (resigned 1953)
1954 (resigned 1967)
Theoretical Geography, Professorship of
1997
Theoretical Geophysics, Professorship of
Established by grace of 8 March 1989 for Dr Huppert.
1989
Theoretical Physics, John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 21 October 1992
1993 (previously Professor of Physics and Queen Mary and Westfield College, London)
Theoretical Physics, Professorship of (1992)
1992
Theoretical Physics, Professorship of (1997)
1997
Theoretical Physics, Professorship of (1998)
1998
Theoretical Physics, Professorship of (1999)
1999
Theoretical Physics, Professorship of (2000)
2000
Theoretical Physics, Visiting Professorship of
Established by grace of 2 November 1966 for Dr Anderson, limited to one tenure of not more than three years, and assigned to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. Extended by grace of 10 December 1969 for a further period of five years from 1 October 1970.
1967 (resigned 1975)
Theoretical Solid Mechanics, Professorship of
Established by grace 3 of 27 January 1993.
1994 (previously Professor of Applied Mathematics, Bath University. Resigned 2000.)
Therapeutic Immunology, Kay Kendall Professorship of
Established by grace 1 of 22 November 1989.
1989 (resigned 1994)
Transfusion Medicine, Professorship of
Established by grace of 14 February 1990 and assigned to the Department of Haematology.
1991 (previously Director of Medical Affairs at the Abbott Laboratories, Chicago)
Tropical Botany, Professorship of
Established by grace of 1 December 1965 for Dr Corner, for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'A.
1965 (retired 1973)
Tumour Immunology, Sheila Joan Smith Professorship of
Established by grace of 2 November 1977; limited to one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned primarily to the Faculty of Biology 'B'. Re-assigned to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine by grace of 21 January 1987. Further re-assigned to the Department of Medicine, and re-titled 'Immunology', by grace of 17 February 1988
1977-1988 (Immunology, Sheila Joan Smith Professorship of, 1988)
Turbomachinery Aerodynamics, Professorship of
1991
Veterinary Clinical Studies, Professorship of
Established by grace of 4 March 1950. The professorship was placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Medicine. Transferred on 1 January 1975 to the Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies.
1951
1963 (died 1977)
1979 (retired 1990)
1991 (previously Professor of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Melbourne University)
Veterinary Science, Professorship of
Established by grace 2 of 22 May 1991.
1994 (previously Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Edinburgh University)
Established by grace 1 of 30 January 1991.
1991
Visual Neuroscience, Professorship of
1998
Visual Physiology, Professorship of
Established by grace 16 of 1 December 19065 for Dr Rushton, for one tenure; placed in Schedule B of the Statutes and assigned to the Faculty of Biology 'B'.
1965 (resigned 1968)
Zoology (and Comparative Anatomy), Professorship of (1866)
Founded by the University in 1866. The electors in 1915 were the Vice-Chancellor and eight persons elected by the Senate, two being nominated by the Council of the Senate, three by the General Board, and three by the Special Board for Biology and Geology. Assigned by grace of 22 April 1927 to the Faculty of Biology 'A'. The words 'and Comparative Anatomy' were dropped from the title by a Statute approved in 1934.
1866
1907
1909-10-
1937 Sir
1959
1966 (died 1975)
1978 (retired 1995)
1996
Zoology, Professorship of (1997)
Established by grace 10 of 17 July 1996, to be held concurrently with the Directorship of the Museum of Zoology.
1997 (previously Research Professor of Developmental Genetics and Wellcome Principal Fellow of the Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research Campaign Institute)