Richard Brown (c. 1712 – 1780?) was an academic at the University of Oxford. He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford in 1727 at the age of 15, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College in 1731. He was made a fellow of the college in 1734, when he obtained his Master of Arts degree, with his Bachelor of Divinity degree following in 1742 and a doctorate in divinity in 1752. He was appointed as Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford in 1748, and also became Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford in 1774, holding both positions until 1780. [1] He was an ordained clergyman in the Church of England; a canon of St Paul's Cathedral, he was also appointed perpetual curate of St Mary's Paddington in 1756. [2]
James Williams was a Welsh cleric. Williams was the great-grandfather of famous Welsh artist Kyffin Williams.
Edward Edwards was a Welsh scholar and clergyman. He was a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford for over thirty-five years, and was Vice-Principal for more than twenty years. His particular scholastic interest was in the works of the Greek philosopher Xenophon.
William David Davies, often known as W. D. P. Davies, was a Welsh Presbyterian minister and writer on theological topics. After becoming the first Welsh student to obtain a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the University of Oxford, he turned down an offer to become a theology tutor at Oxford, along with a college fellowship, preferring to become a Presbyterian minister. He wrote various theological works and was regarded as an excellent scholar as well as a powerful preacher.
William Holmes D.D. was an English academic, Vice-Chancellor and Regius Professor of Modern History of the University of Oxford. He was also Dean of Exeter between 1742 and 1748.
George Bullock was an English Roman Catholic theologian.
John Wallis was Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford from 1703 until his death.
Thomas Winstanley was an academic at the University of Oxford, who held the positions of Camden Professor of Ancient History, Laudian Professor of Arabic, and principal of St Alban Hall.
Wyndham Knatchbull was a British clergyman and academic who was Laudian Professor of Arabic from 1823 until 1840.
Stephen Reay was a Scottish academic and clergyman, who was Laudian Professor of Arabic from 1840 until his death.
John Ireland was an English Anglican priest, who served as Dean of Westminster from 1816 until his death. In this role, he carried the crown during the coronation services at Westminster Abbey of two monarchs. Theologically and politically conservative, as shown in his writings, he was generous with the considerable riches that he acquired during his career, making large donations to support education and relieve poverty in his home town. In 1831, as Ireland was "a distinguished Benefactor of the University", Oxford had sought and obtained his permission to put on display a marble bust of him by the sculptor Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey. The bust is now in the Examination Schools of the university. During his lifetime, he established scholarships at the University of Oxford, and in his will, he left money to establish the post of Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture.
Whittington Landon was an academic at the University of Oxford and an Anglican clergyman who became Dean of Exeter.
George Leigh Cooke was a mathematician and priest who held the position of Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Oxford for over 40 years.
James Ingram was an English academic at the University of Oxford, who was Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon from 1803 to 1808 and President of Trinity College, Oxford from 1824 until his death.
John Adney Emerton, was a British Anglican priest, theologian, and academic. He was Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge from 1968 to 1995.
Professor Anthony Oakley Dyson was a priest in the Church of England and Professor of Social and Pastoral Theology, Manchester University 1980–1998.
Henry Ernest William "Hugh" Turner was an English Anglican priest, theologian, and academic.
Dawson Dawson-Walker was a British Church of England clergyman, classicist, theologian and academic. From 1911 to 1919, he was Principal of St John's College, Durham. From 1919 to his death in 1934, he was Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at Durham University and a Canon Residentiary of Durham Cathedral.
Sidney Nowell Rostron was a Church of England priest, theologian, and academic. He was the first Principal of St John's College, Durham, serving from 1909 to 1911. He then returned to parish ministry and was vicar of a number of parishes. During World War I, he served with the Army Chaplains' Department as a military chaplain. From 1928 to 1942, he was additionally Whitehead Professor of Pastoralia at the London College of Divinity.
Derek Browning is a minister of the Church of Scotland, who was the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from May 2017 to May 2018
The Rev Professor Alan Philip Frederick Sell FSA, FRhistS was a minister of the United Reformed Church and was formerly Professor of Christian Doctrine and Philosophy of Religion at the United Theological College, Aberystwyth in Wales. A prolific author in the fields of philosophy, theology, ethics and history he had prominent positions in various ecumenical organizations including the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.