Professor of Greek (Glasgow)

The Professorship of Greek is a chair at the University of Glasgow. Following a bequest by Douglas MacDowell, the chair was renamed the MacDowell Professor of Greek in his honour.

History[]

Under the 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 allow the Chair of Greek to lapse. However, upon his death the university received a bequest from him 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[]

The following have held the post:

Professor of Greek

• Alexander Dunlop MA LLD (1704–1746)
• James Moore MA LLD (1746–1774)
• John Young MA (1774–1821)
• Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford MA DCL MP (1821–1838)
• Edmund Law Lushington MA LLD (1838–1875)
• Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb MA LLD LittD FBA (1875–1889)
• George Gilbert Aime Murray MA FBA (1889–1899)
• John Swinnerton Phillimore MA LLD LittD (1899–1906)
• Gilbert Austin Davies MA (1906–1934)
• William Rennie CBE MA LLD DLitt (1934–1946)
• Arnold Wycombe Gomme MA LLD FBA (1946–1957)
• Donald James Allan MA FBA (1957–1971)
• Douglas Maurice MacDowell MA MLitt DLitt FRSE FBA (1971–2001)^[5]

MacDowell Professor of Greek

• Jan Stenger (2012–present) ^[6]

See also[]

• List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow

References[]

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