Montague Burton Professor of International Relations

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The Montague Burton Professorship of International Relations is a named chair at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics, and a former chair at the University of Edinburgh. Created by the endowment of Montague Burton in UK universities, [1] the Oxford chair was established in 1930 and is associated with a Fellowship of Balliol College, Oxford, while the chair at LSE was established in 1936.

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Montague Burton Professors of International Relations at Oxford

Montague Burton Professors of International Relations at LSE

In 1919, Ernest Cassel endowed a £500,000 educational fund which was in part used to establish the Sir Ernest Cassel Professor of International Relations at the University of London. [9] During Manning's tenure in 1936, the chair was re-endowed and renamed the Montague Burton Professorship of International Relations.

Montague Burton Professors of International Relations at Edinburgh

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