Professorships at the University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...

can take either of two forms: an established chair or a personal professorship. An established chair is one which has been set up by endowment and is intended to last indefinitely, i.e. that when a chair is vacated, someone else will be appointed to it. Personal professorships are conferred on individuals and exist only so long as that individual continues to hold the post. While the first established chair at the University was created in 1637, personal professorships were first created by the University in 1964 to facilitate more flexibility in appointment. No difference in status is drawn between holders of established or personal professorships, and all are accorded ex-officio membership of the Academic Senate.

The following is an incomplete list of established professorships at the University of Glasgow, organised by College. The title of the Professorship is followed by the date of foundation. Dates in italics indicate the year of foundation of lectureships on which chairs were based.

Arts

• Professor of Divinity
  Professor of Divinity, Glasgow
  Professor of Divinity is an academic position at the University of Glasgow.Although divinity was taught from the foundations of the university in 1451, it was in 1577, as part of James VI's Nova Erectio, that a Chair was established, to be held by the Principal of the University of Glasgow...
  
   (1640)
• Professor of Humanity
  Professor of Humanity, Glasgow
  The Professor of Humanity is a Professorship at the University of Glasgow. Under the Nova Erectio of James VI the teaching of Latin was in the responsibility of the Regents. The title of Professor of Humanity was, on occasion, attached to one of the Regents' number from 1618.A separate Chair was...
  
   (1682) (1618)
• Professor of Greek
  Professor of Greek, Glasgow
  University of GlasgowUnder the Nova Erectio of King James VI the teaching of Greek was the responsibility of the Regents and from 1581 one of the Regents was sometimes given the title 'Professor of Greek'...
  
   (1704) (1581)
• Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages
  Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Glasgow
  The Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages is a position at the University of Glasgow. It was established in 1709 by Queen Anne of Great Britain as the Chair of Oriental Languages...
  
   (1709)
• Professor of Logic and Rhetoric
  Professor of Logic and Rhetoric, Glasgow
  The Professor of Logic and Rhetoric is a professorship at the University of Glasgow. The Nova Erectio of King James VI of Scotland shared the teaching of Moral Philosophy, Logic and Natural Philosophy among the Regents....
  
   (1727)
• Professor of Moral Philosophy
  Professor of Moral Philosophy, Glasgow
  The Chair of Moral Philosophy is a professorship at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, which was established in 1727.The Nova Erectio of King James VI of Scotland shared the teaching of Moral Philosophy, Logic and Natural Philosophy among the Regents...
  
   (1727)
• Professor of Ecclesiastical History
  Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Glasgow
  The Chair of Ecclesiastical History of the University of Glasgow is the oldest chair of ecclesiastical history in the United Kingdom.It was founded in 1716 by King George I of Great Britain. The Crown granted 100 pounds per year for this purpose...
  
   (1716) (Until 1935 Regius Professorship)
• Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism
  Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism, Glasgow
  The Professorship of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1861. The patron was formally the Crown...
  
   (1861)
• Regius Professor of English Language and Literature
  Regius Professor of English Language and Literature, Glasgow
  The Regius Chair of English Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1861 by Queen Victoria, and is the only Regius Professorship in the Faculty of Arts.-History:...
  
   (1861)
• Professor of Modern History
  Professor of Modern History, Glasgow
  The Chair of Modern History at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1893 as the Chair of History. In 1956 the title was changed to Modern History...
  
   (1893)
• Professor of Scottish History and Literature
  Professor of Scottish History and Literature, Glasgow
  The Chair of Scottish History and Literature at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1913, endowed by a grant from the receipts of the 1911 Scottish Exhibition held in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park, as well as donations from the Merchants House of Glasgow and other donors. The Chair has been held...
  
   (1913)
• Marshall Professor of French Language and Literature (1917)(1895)
• Stevenson Professor of Hispanic Studies (1924)
• Stevenson Professor of Italian (1924)
• Gardiner Professor of Music
  Gardiner Professor of Music, Glasgow
  The Gardiner Professor Of Music at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1928 and endowed by the gift of William Guthrie Gardiner and Sir Frederick Crombie Gardiner, shipowners in Glasgow...
  
   (1928)

• Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology (1939-1945)
• Professor of English Language (1947) (1907)
• Edwards Professor of Medieval History
  Edwards Professor of Medieval History, Glasgow
  The Edwards Professor of Medieval History is a professorship at the University of Glasgow.Founded in 1955 as the Chair of Medieval History the name was changed in 1989 to commemorate the Glasgow scholar and antiquarian John Edwards ....
  
   (1955)
• Professor of Celtic
  Chair of Celtic, Glasgow
  The Chair of Celtic is a professorship at the University of Glasgow, established in 1956 by an endowment from merchant James Crawford, the Ross Trust and the University's Ossianic Society.-History:...
  
   (1956)
• Bradley Professor of English Literature (1965)
• Richmond Professor of Fine Art (1965)
• Stevenson Professor of French Language and Literature (1966)
• Dalrymple Professor of Archaeology (1972)
• James Arnott Professor of Drama (1972)
• Professor German Language and Literature (1973)
• Professor of Creative Writing (2001)
• Denis Brogan Professor of American History (2001)
• Frances Hutcheson Professor of the Arts (2001)
• Chair of Gaelic
  Chair of Gaelic, Glasgow
  The Chair of Gaelic is a professorship in Scottish Gaelic at the University of Glasgow. It was established in April 2010 and is the first established Chair of Gaelic at a Scottish university.-Establishment:...
  
   (2010)

Medicine

• Regius Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics
  Regius Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics, Glasgow
  The Regius Chair of Medicine and Therapeutics is considered the oldest Chair at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. It was formed in 1989 from the merge of the Regius Chairs of the Practice of Medicine and of Materia Medica...
  
   (1637)
• Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Glasgow
  The Regius Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology is a Regius Professorship at the University of Glasgow. It was founded in 1815 as the Regius Chair of Midwifery by King George III of Great Britain. From 1790 to 1815 the subject was taught by a lecturer on the Waltonian Foundation...
  
   (1815)
• Regius Professor of Surgery
  Regius Professor of Surgery, Glasgow
  The Regius Chair of Surgery at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1815 by King George III, who also established the Chairs of Chemistry and Natural History....
  
   (1815)
• Regius Professor of Materia Medica (1831) (1766) (merged with the
  Regius Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics in 1989)
• Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine
  Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine, Glasgow
  The Regius Chair of Forensic Medicine at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1839 by Queen Victoria.The Chair was occupied for over one hundred years by the same family, when John Glaister Jnr. succeeded his father as Regius Professor...
  
   (1839)
• Professor of Clinical Medicine (1874)
• Professor of Clinical Surgery (1874)
• Professor of Pathology (1893)
• Muirhead Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1911)
• Gardiner Professor of Immunology (1919)
• Samson Gemmell Professor of Child Health (1924)
• Professor of Administrative Medicine (1960-1981)

• MacFarlane Professor of Experimental Medicine (1962)
• David Cargill Professor Geriatric Medicine (1964)
• Professor of Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care (1965)
• Professor of Dermatology (1965)
• Professor of Clinical Physics (1973)
• Norie-Miller Professor of General Practice (1974)
• Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1977)
• Rank Professor of Human Nutrition (1988)
• Nuffield Professor of Community Care Studies (1992)
• Professor of Clinical Psychology (1994)
• Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology (1999)
• Professor of Learning Disabilities (1999)

Dentistry

• Professor of Oral Surgery (1951)
• Professor of Dental Prosthetics (1959)
• Professor of Dental Primary Care (1971)

Life Sciences

• Regius Professor of Anatomy
  Regius Professor of Anatomy, Glasgow
  The Regius Chair of Anatomy is a Regius professorship at the University of Glasgow.Founded in 1718 as the Regius Chair of Anatomy and Botany the province of the chair was restricted to anatomy in 1818 when the Regius Chair of Botany was founded....
  
   (1718)
• Regius Professor of Zoology
  Regius Professor of Zoology, Glasgow
  The Regius Chair of Zoology is a Regius Professorship at the University of Glasgow. It was founded in 1807 by King George III of Great Britain as the Regius Chair of Natural History...
  
   (1807)
• Regius Professor of Botany
  Regius Professor of Botany, Glasgow
  University of GlasgowThe Regius Chair of Botany at Glasgow University is a Regius Professorship established in 1818.A lectureship in botany had been founded in 1704. From 1718 to 1818, the subject was combined with Anatomy...
  
   (1818)
• Regius Professor of Physiology (1839)
• Gardiner Professor of Biochemistry (1919)

• Professor of Applied Physiology (1948-1965)
• Cathcart Professor of Biochemistry (1965)
• Hooker Professor of Botany (1965)
• Professor of Cell Biology (1965)
• Robertson Professor of Biotechnology (1988)

Physical Sciences

• Professor of Natural Philosophy
  Professor of Natural Philosophy, Glasgow
  The Chair of Natural Philosophy is a professorship at the University of Glasgow which was established in 1727The Nova Erectio of King James VI of Scotland shared the teaching of Moral Philosophy, Logic and Natural Philosophy among the Regents....
  
   (1727)
• Regius Professor of Astronomy
  Regius Professor of Astronomy, Glasgow
  The Regius Chair of Astronomy is a Regius Professorship in the University of Glasgow.Founded in 1760 with the title Practical Astronomy the title was changed in 1893.-History:...
  
   (1760)
• Regius Professor of Chemistry
  Regius Professor of Chemistry, Glasgow
  The Regius Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1817 by King George III, who also established the Regius Chairs of Surgery and Natural History at the University...
  
   (1817) (1747)
• Professor of Geology (1903)
• James S Dixon Professor of Applied Geology (1907) (1902)

• Gardiner Professor of Chemistry (1919) (1898)
• Cargill Professor of Natural Philosophy (1920)
• Joseph Black Professor of Chemistry (1961-1967)
• Ramsay Professor of Chemistry (1966)
• Professor of Astrophysics (1984-1996)

Information and Mathematical Sciences

• Professor of Mathematics
  Professor of Mathematics, Glasgow
  The Chair of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow was established in 1691. Previously, under James VI's Nova Erectio, the teaching of Mathematics had been the responsibility of the Regents.- List of Mathematics Professors :...
  
   (1691)
• Professor of Biostatistics/Biometrics (1997)

Engineering

• Regius Professor of Civil Engineering (1840)
• John Elder Professor of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
  John Elder Professor of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Glasgow
  The John Elder Professor of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at Glasgow University, was founded in 1883 and endowed by Isabella Elder in memory of her husband, John Elder, marine engineer, ....
  
   (1883)
• James Watt Professor of Electrical Engineering (1921) (1898)
• Mechan Professor of Engineering (1948)
• Cormack Professor of Civil Engineering (1965)
• Professor of Electronic Systems (1983)
• Shoda Professor of Aerospace Systems (1995)
• Professor of Applied Dynamics (1997)
• Wolfson Professor of Bioengineering (2008)

Business

• Adam Smith Chair of Political Economy (1896)(1892)
• Johnstone Smith Professor of Accountancy (1925)
• Alec Cairncross Chair of Applied Economics (1949)
• Bonar-Macfie Chair of Political Economy (1962)
• Professor of Business Policy (1974)
• Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting (1986)
• Professor of Marketing (1996)

Law

• Regius Chair of Law (1712)
• Chair of Conveyancing
  Chair of Conveyancing, Glasgow
  The Chair of Conveyancing is a Professorship at the University of Glasgow. It was founded in 1861 and partly endowed by the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow...
  
   (1861)
• Chair of Mercantile Law
  Chair of Mercantile Law, Glasgow
  The Chair of Mercantile Law is a Professorship at the University of Glasgow, founded in 1919. It has had five holders, including politician Sir John Craik-Henderson and Robert Jack, one of Scotland's most noted contemporary commercial lawyers, and has been vacant since 1993.-History:In 1894, a...
  
   (1918) (1894)
• Douglas Chair of Civil Law (1948)
• Chair of Jurisprudence
  Chair of Jurisprudence, Glasgow
  The Chair of Jurisprudence is a Professorship at the University of Glasgow, founded in 1952.-History:The Chair was founded in 1952 and the first holder, David Walker, appointed in 1954. Walker was himself a graduate of the School of Law and would go on to become a distinguished legal scholar, being...
  
   (1952) (1878)
• Jean Monnet Chair of European Law (1972)
• Alexander Stone Chair of Commercial Law (1985)
• John Millar Chair of Law
  John Millar Chair of Law
  The John Millar Chair of Law is a Professorship in Law at the University of Glasgow. It was founded in 1985 in honour of John Millar, the Scottish philosopher and Regius Professor of Law at the University from 1761 to 1800.-History:...
  
   (1985)
• International Bar Association Chair of Law and Ethics in Medicine (1990)
• Chair of Banking Law (1997)

Social Sciences

• James Bryce Chair of Politics (1965)
• Chair of Business History (1988)
• Chair of Housing and Urban Studies (1988)
• Chair of Environmental Economics (2000)

Miscellaneous

• Professor of Agriculture (1954)
• Professor of Architecture (1965), based in Mackintosh School of Architecture
  Mackintosh School of Architecture
  The Mackintosh School of Architecture of the University of Glasgow/Glasgow School of Art is one of the three schools which makes up the Glasgow School of Art, situated in the Garnethill area of Glasgow, Scotland. The Mackintosh School of Architecture is the GSA's only academic school concerned...
  
  
• Hannah Chair (1970), held by the Director of the Hannah Dairy Research Institute