The Regius Chair of Humanity is a Regius Chair at the University of Aberdeen. The position was originally a professorship in Latin, like equivalent positions at Glasgow and Edinburgh, and existed in parallel with the Regius Chair of Greek. These two professorial chairs had their origins in the pre-existing Chairs of Greek and Humanity that existed at King's College and Marischal College, which were unified into the University of Aberdeen in 1860.
In 1979, the Chair of Humanity was renamed the Regius Chair of Classics and the Regius Chair of Greek was abolished and merged into this position, formalising what may already have been an existing situation, as no Regius Professor of Greek had recently held office. [1] [2] However, the teaching of Classics at the university was then abolished in 1989. [3]
In 2006, the name of the Regius Chair of Classics was restored to Regius Chair of Humanity. [4] Since then, the position has been held by scholars within the School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History, whose specialist interests have included Greek and Latin texts.