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

Richard Rawlinson

Richard Rawlinson FRS was an English clergyman and antiquarian collector of books and manuscripts, which he bequeathed to the Bodleian Library, Oxford.-Life:...

of St. John's College, Oxford, in 1795. The Chair is associated with Pembroke College

Pembroke College, Oxford

Pembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located in Pembroke Square. As of 2009, Pembroke had an estimated financial endowment of £44.9 million.-History:...

. 'Bosworth' was added to commemorate Joseph Bosworth

Joseph Bosworth

Joseph Bosworth , English scholar of Anglo-Saxon language and Anglo-Saxon literature, was born in Derbyshire.-Biography:Educated at Repton, whence he proceeded to the University of Aberdeen, he became in 1817 vicar of Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, and devoted his spare time to literature and...

Holders of the Chair

1795–1800 Charles Mayo
Charles Mayo (Anglo-Saxon scholar)
-Life:Born in London 24 March 1767, he was second son of Herbert Mayo, D.D. , by his wife Mary, daughter of George Coldham, surgeon extraordinary to the Prince of Wales. Charles was admitted to Merchant Taylors' School, 1776, and elected to St John's College, Oxford, 1785, where he became Fellow in...

(1767–1858)
1800–1803 Thomas Hardcastle
1803–1808 James Ingram (1774–1850)
1808–1812 John Josias Conybeare
John Josias Conybeare
John Josias Conybeare , elder brother of William Daniel Conybeare, was also educated at Christ Church, Oxford.He was an accomplished scholar, became vicar of Batheaston, and was Professor of Anglo-Saxon , and afterwards Professor of Poetry , at Oxford...

(1779–1824)
1812–1816 Charles Dyson (1788–1860)
1817–1822 Thomas Silver (d. 1853)
1822–1827 Charles John Ridley
1827–1829 Arthur Johnson
1829–1834 Francis Pearson Walesby (1798–1858)
1834–1839 Robert Meadows White (1798–1865)
1839–1844 Henry Bristow Wilson
Henry Bristow Wilson
Henry Bristow Wilson was a theologian and a fellow of St John's College, Oxford.-Life:Born on 10 June 1803, he was elder son of Harry Bristow Wilson, by his wife Mary Anne, daughter of John Moore. He entered Merchant Taylors' School in October 1809, and was elected to St John's College, Oxford, in...

(1803–1888)
1844–1849 William Edward Buckley (1817–1892)

1849–1854 John Earle

John Earle (professor)

John Earle M.A., LL.D. was a British Anglo-Saxon language scholar. He was twice Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. Earle wrote more than a dozen scholarly books. He is perhaps best known as the author of Two Saxon Chronicles Parallel , and Anglo-Saxon...

(1824–1903)

1854–1858 vacant

1858–1876 Joseph Bosworth

Joseph Bosworth

(1789–1876)

1876–1903 John Earle

John Earle (professor)

(1824–1903)

1903–1916 Arthur Sampson Napier (1853–1916)

1916–1925 Sir William Alexander Craigie (1867–1957)

1925–1945 J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...

(1892–1973)

1946–1963 Charles Leslie Wrenn (1895–1969)

1963–1974 Alistair Campbell

Alistair Campbell (academic)

Alistair Campbell was a British academic who was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, from October 1963 until his death...

(1907–1974)

1974–1977 vacant

1977–1991 Eric Gerald Stanley (1923– )

1991– Malcolm Reginald Godden

Malcolm Reginald Godden

Malcolm Reginald Godden is the chair holder of the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Oxford and has occupied the office since May 1991....

(1945– )

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