Ely Professor of Divinity
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The Ely Professorship of Divinity was one of the professorships in divinity
at the University of Cambridge
. Originally part of the Regius Professorship of Greek
, it was detached in 1889 and funded by the canonry of Ely
, but has now been suppressed. The professors holding this chair were thus made residentiary canons
of Ely Cathedral.
Divinity
Divinity and divine are broadly applied but loosely defined terms, used variously within different faiths and belief systems — and even by different individuals within a given faith — to refer to some transcendent or transcendental power or deity, or its attributes or manifestations in...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. Originally part of the Regius Professorship of Greek
Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge)
The Regius Professorship of Greek is one of the oldest professorships at the University of Cambridge. The chair was founded by Henry VIII in 1540 with a stipend of £40 per year, subsequently increased in 1848 by a canonry of Ely Cathedral....
, it was detached in 1889 and funded by the canonry of Ely
Ely, Cambridgeshire
Ely is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles north-northeast of Cambridge and about by road from London. It is built on a Lower Greensand island, which at a maximum elevation of is the highest land in the Fens...
, but has now been suppressed. The professors holding this chair were thus made residentiary canons
Canon (priest)
A canon is a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....
of Ely Cathedral.
Ely Professors
- Vincent Henry Stanton (1889)
- Alan England Brooke (1916)
- John Martin Creed (1926)
- John Sandwith Boys Smith (1940)
- William TelferWilliam TelferCanon William Telfer was Dean of Clare College, Cambridge , Ely Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge .-Publications:...
(1944) - Edward Craddock Ratcliffe (1947)
- Stanley Lawrence Greenslade (1958)
- Geoffrey Hugo LampeGeoffrey Hugo LampeGeoffrey William Hugo Lampe MC was a British theologian and Anglican Priest who dedicated his life to theological teaching and research and was Ely Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge from 1960 to 1970 and Regius Professor from 1970 until his retirement in 1979...
(1960) - George Christopher SteadGeorge Christopher SteadRev. Prof. George Christopher Stead was the last Ely Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for his work on the philosophy of the Church Fathers, his 1977 book Divine Substance being widely cited among Patristic scholars. He studied under G.E. Moore and Ludwig...
(1971)