J. R. R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language

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The J. R. R. Tolkien Professorship of English Literature and Language was established at the University of Oxford in 1980 and named after the author, poet, philologist and academic J. R. R. Tolkien. It is "dedicated to the study of English and related literatures 1066-1550." [1] The inaugural holder was Douglas Gray. [2] In 2021 the future of the professorship was made secure by endowments from Mr and Mrs John Griffiths, and The Tolkien Trust. [3]

List of J. R. R. Tolkien Professors

References

  1. 1 2 "J.R.R. Tolkien Professorship of English Literature and Language". www.english.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  2. ↑ "Remembering Douglas Gray, FBA", Faculty of English, University of Oxford, 14 December 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Future of the Tolkien Chair secured". www.humanities.ox.ac.uk. University of Oxford. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Gray, Prof. Douglas", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Strohm, Prof. Paul Holzworth", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Prof Vincent Gillespie" Archived 2019-10-13 at the Wayback Machine , Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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