Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon

The Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, until 1916 known as the Rawlinsonian Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, was established by Richard Rawlinson of St John's College, Oxford, in 1795. The Chair is associated with Pembroke College. "Bosworth" was added to commemorate Joseph Bosworth.

Rawlinsonian Professors of Anglo-Saxon[]

1795–1800 Charles Mayo (1767–1858)
1800–03
1803–08 James Ingram (1774–1850)
1808–12 John Josias Conybeare (1779–1824)
1812–16 (1788–1860)
1827–29
1829–34 (1798–1858)
1834–39 Robert Meadows White (1798–1865)
1839–44 Henry Bristow Wilson (1803–1888)
1844–49 William Edward Buckley (1817–1892)
1849–54 John Earle (1824–1903)
1854–58 vacant

1858–76 Joseph Bosworth (1789–1876)
1876–1903 John Earle (1824–1903)
1903–16 Arthur Napier (1853–1916)

Rawlinson and Bosworth Professors of Anglo-Saxon[]

1916–25 Sir William Craigie (1867–1957)
1925–45 J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973)
1946–63 Charles Leslie Wrenn (1895–1969)
1963–74 Alistair Campbell (1907–1974)
1974–77 vacant
1977–91 Eric Stanley (1923–2018)
1991–2013 Malcolm Godden (born 1945)
2013–present Andy Orchard (born 1964)

Sources[]

The Historical Register of the University of Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888

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