Regius Professor of Hebrew (Oxford)
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The Regius Professorship of Hebrew in the University of Oxford is a professorship at the University of Oxford, founded by Henry VIII in 1546.
In 1630, through the influence of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, a canonry of Christ Church was perpetually annexed to the professorship.
List of Regius Professors
Incomplete list:
- 1546 or 1547 Thomas Harding[1]
- 1548 Richard Bruerne[2]
- 1559 Thomas Neale
- 1569 Thomas Kingsmill[3]
- 1591 John Harding[4]
- 1598 William Thorne[5]
- 1604 John Harding (again)
- 1610 Richard Kilby
- 1621 Edward Meetkerke[6]
- 1626 John Morris
- 1648 Edward Pococke[7]
- 1691 Roger Altham
- 1697 Thomas Hyde[8]
- 1702 Roger Altham (again)
- 1715 Robert Clavering[9]
- 1747 Thomas Hunt
- 1774 Richard Brown[10]
- 1780 George Jubb
- 1787 Benjamin Blayney
- 1802 Joseph White
- 1814 Richard Laurence
- 1822 Alexander Nicoll[11]
- 1828–1882 Edward Bouverie Pusey[12]
- 1883 Samuel Rolles Driver
- 1914 G. A. Cooke
- 1934 Godfrey Rolles Driver (acting)[13]
- 1936 Herbert Danby
- 1954 Cuthbert Aikman Simpson
- 1959 Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver (acting, second term)[13]
- 1960 William Duff McHardy
- 1978–1989 James Barr[14]
- 1992–2014 Hugh G. M. Williamson[15]
- 2014–2020 Jan Joosten[16]
Godfrey Rolles Driver twice served as acting professor during vacancies, in 1934–1935 and 1959–1960. However, he was not eligible to hold the chair outright, as he was a layman and the chair was attached to an Anglican canonry of Christ Church, requiring the holder to be in holy orders.[13] The university statutes were changed in 1960 to allow William McHardy, a Church of Scotland layman, to be appointed.[17]
The term of Jan Joosten was ended on 3 July 2020 in the wake of criminal charges for possessing images of child sexual abuse.[18]