Regius Professor of Hebrew (Oxford)

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Edward Pococke, bust in the cathedral of a 17th-century professor Edward Pococke.jpg
Edward Pococke, bust in the cathedral of a 17th-century professor
Edward Bouverie Pusey, professor for more than fifty years, 1828 to 1882 Edward Bouverie Pusey.jpg
Edward Bouverie Pusey, professor for more than fifty years, 1828 to 1882

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:

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]

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  12. ↑ 'Pusey, Edward Bouverie', in Encyclopædia Britannica (1911 edition)
  13. 1 2 3 J. A. Emerton, 'Driver, Sir Godfrey Rolles (1892–1975)' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
  14. ↑ H. G. M. Williamson, Obituary of James Barr at guardian.co.uk
  15. ↑ Hugh Williamson Archived 2013-02-23 at the Wayback Machine , Christ Church, Oxford, at chch.ox.ac.uk
  16. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regius-professor-of-hebrew-oxford-university-jan-joosten https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regius-professor-of-hebrew-oxford-university-jan-joosten
  17. ↑ "Professor W D McHardy". The Daily Telegraph. 15 May 2000. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "Christ Church, Oxford: Update regarding Professor Jan Joosten" . Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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