Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Glasgow
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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. (The title was changed in 1893.)
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...
. It was established in 1709 by Queen Anne of Great Britain
Anne of Great Britain
Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the...
as the Chair of Oriental Languages. (The title was changed in 1893.)
Professors of Oriental Languages/Professors of Hebrew and Semitic Languages
- Charles Morthland MA (1709)
- Alexander Dublop MA LLD (1745)
- William Rouet MA (1751)
- George Muirhead MA (1753)
- John Anderson MA (1755)
- James Buchanan MA (1757)
- Patick Cumin MA LLD (1761)
- Robert Trail MA DD (1761)
- Gavin Gibb MA LLD (1820)
- William Fleming MA DD (1831)
- George Gray DD (1839)
- Duncan Harkness Weir MA DD (1850)
- James Robertson MA DD (1877)
- William Barron Stevenson MA DLitt LLD DD (1907)
- Cecil James Mullo Weir MA DPhil DD (1937)
- John McDonald MA BD PhD STM (1968-1987)