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Regius Professor of Greek (Oxford)

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The Regius Professorship of Greek is a professorship at the University of Oxford in England.

Henry VIII founded the chair by 1541. He established five Regius Professorships in the University (and five corresponding chairs in Cambridge University), the others being the Regius chairs of Divinity, Medicine, Civil Law and Hebrew.

List of holders

  • John Harpsfield, ca. 1541–1545
  • George Etheridge (or Etherege), 1547–1550
  • Giles Lawrence, 1551–1553
  • George Etheridge, reinstated, 1553–1559
  • Giles Lawrence, reinstated, 1559–1584 or 1585
  • John Harmar (or Harmer), 1585–1590
  • Henry Cuffe, 1590–1597
  • John Perin, 1597–1615
  • John Hales, 1615–1619
  • John Harrys, 1619–1622
  • John South, 1622–1625
  • Henry Stringer, 1625–1650
  • John Harmar (or Harmer), 1650–1660
  • Joseph Crowther, 1660–1665
  • William Levinz, 1665–1698
  • Humphrey Hody, 1698–1705
  • Thomas Milles, 1705–1707
  • Edward Thwaytes, 1707–1711
  • Thomas Terry, 1712–1735
  • John Fanshawe, 1735–1741
  • Thomas Shaw, 1741–1751
  • Samuel Dickens, 1751–1763
  • William Sharp, 1763–1782
  • John Randolph, 1782–1783
  • William Jackson, 1783–1811
  • Thomas Gaisford, 1811–1855
  • Benjamin Jowett, 1855–1893
  • Ingram Bywater, 1893–1908
  • Gilbert Murray, 1908–1936
  • E. R. Dodds, 1936–1960
  • Hugh Lloyd-Jones, 1960–1989
  • Peter J. Parsons, 1989–2003
  • Christopher Pelling, 2003–2015
  • Gregory Hutchinson, 2015-present

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