MacDowell Professor of Greek
The Professorship of Greek is a chair at the University of Glasgow. Since 2012, the chair has been named the MacDowell Professor of Greek, in recognition of a bequest by Douglas MacDowell.
History
[edit]Under the Nova Erectio of King James VI of Scotland the teaching of Greek at the University of Glasgow in Scotland was the responsibility of the Regents (university teachers).[1] From 1581 one of the Regents was sometimes given the title Professor of Greek.[2] The Professorship was more formally established in 1704.[3]
Following the retirement of Douglas MacDowell in 2001, the university opted to let the Chair of Greek lapse. However, upon MacDowell's death the university received a bequest from his estate of over £2 million. The money was used to re-establish the chair, with the first incumbent of the Macdowell Chair in Greek appointed in 2012.[4]
List of Professors of Greek
[edit]- Alexander Dunlop (1704–1746)
- James Moor (1746–1774)
- John Young (1774–1821)
- Daniel Keyte Sandford (1821–1838)
- Edmund Law Lushington (1838–1875)
- Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1875–1889)
- Gilbert Murray (1889–1899)
- John Swinnerton Phillimore (1899–1906)
- Gilbert Austin Davies (1906–1934)
- William Rennie (1934–1946)
- Arnold Wycombe Gomme (1946–1957)
- Donald James Allan (1957–1971)
- Douglas MacDowell (1971–2001)[5]
- Chair vacant (2001–2012)
- Jan Stenger (2012–2019)
- Chair vacant (2020–2023)
- Andrew Morrison (2023–present)[6]
See also
[edit]- Professor of Humanity (Glasgow)
- Professor of Classics (Edinburgh)
- Regius Professor of Humanity (Aberdeen)
- List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow
References
[edit]- ^ "Teaching at the University to 1914". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Moss, Michael; Rankin, Moira; Richmond, Lesley (2001). Who, Where and When: The History & Constitution of the University of Glasgow (PDF). University of Glasgow. p. 101. ISBN 0852617348.
- ^ "Professorships: Greek (MacDowell Chair)". The University of Glasgow Story. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "University of Glasgow revives Chair of Greek with £2.4m bequest". University of Glasgow. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Biography of Douglas Maurice MacDowell". The University of Glasgow Story. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Staff profile: Andrew Morrison". Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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