Regius Professor of Civil Law (Cambridge)
The Regius Professorship of Civil Law is one of the oldest and most prestigious of the professorships at the University of Cambridge.
The chair was founded by Henry VIII in 1540 with a stipend of £40 per year, and the holder is still chosen by The Crown.[1]
Regius Professors of Civil Law[]
- Thomas Smith (1540)
- (1547?)
- Walter Haddon (1551)
- William Soone (1561)
- (1563)
- Thomas Legge (1570?)
- Thomas Bynge (1574)
- John Cowell (1594)
- (1611)
- (1635)
- John Clark (1666)
- (1673)
- (1684)
- (1703)
- (1714)
- (1755)
- (1757)
- Samuel Hallifax (1770)
- Joseph Jowett (1782)
- James William Geldart (1814)
- Henry James Sumner Maine (1847)
- John Thomas Abdy (1854)
- Edwin Charles Clark (1873)
- William Warwick Buckland (1914)
- (1945)
- Peter Gonville Stein (1968)
- David Eric Lothian Johnston (1993)
- David John Ibbetson (2000)[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Professors". Cambridge. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Regius Professorship of Civil Law appointed". Cambridge University Reporter (5807). 27 April 2000. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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- Professorships at the University of Cambridge
- School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Cambridge
- 1540 establishments in England
- Regius Professorships
- Professorships in law
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