Regius Professor of Medicine (Oxford)

The Regius Professor of Medicine is an appointment held at the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

. The chair was founded by Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...

by 1546, and until the 20th century the title was Regius Professor of Physic. Henry VIII established five Regius Professor

Regius Professor

Regius Professorships are "royal" professorships at the ancient universities of the United Kingdom and Ireland - namely Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dublin. Each of the chairs was created by a monarch, and each appointment, save those at Dublin, is approved by the...

ships in the University, the others being the Regius chairs of Divinity

Regius Professor of Divinity

The Regius Professorship of Divinity is one of the oldest and most prestigious of the professorships at the University of Oxford and at the University of Cambridge.Both chairs were founded by Henry VIII...

, Civil Law

Regius Professor of Civil Law (Oxford)

The Regius Chair of Civil Law, founded in the 1540s, is one of the oldest of the professorships at the University of Oxford.-Foundation:The Regius Chair of Civil Law at Oxford was founded by King Henry VIII, who established five such Regius Professorships in the University, the others being the...

, Hebrew

Regius Professor of Hebrew

The Regius Professorship of Hebrew, founded by Henry VIII, is a professorship at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities.- List of Regius Professors of Hebrew at Cambridge :...

and Greek

Regius Professor of Greek (Oxford)

The Regius Professorship of Greek is a professorship at the University of Oxford in England.Henry VIII founded the chair by 1541. He established five Regius Professorships in the University , the others being the Regius chairs of Divinity, Medicine, Civil Law and Hebrew.-List of holders:* John...

Holders

1546–1554 John Warner
John Warner (physician)
John Warner was a British academic, cleric, and physician. He was the first Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Oxford,, as well as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Dean of Winchester....
1554–1561 Thomas Frauncis (or Frances/Francis) (c.1519–1574)
1561–1582 Walter Bayley
Walter Bayley
-Life:Bayley, called in Latin Bailæus and in English books also Baley and Baily, was born at Portesham, Dorset, in which county his father was a squire. He was educated at Winchester School, and became a fellow of New College in 1550. He graduated M.B. 1557, and M.D. 1563. He was already in holy...

(1529–1593)
1582–1597 Anthony Aylworth (d.1619)
1597–1612 Bartholomew Warner (1556–1619)
1612–1647 Thomas Clayton, Sr. (1575–1647), first Master of Pembroke
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:...
1647–1665 Thomas Clayton, Jr. (c. 1611–1693), Warden of Merton
Merton College, Oxford
Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to...
1665–1681 James Hyde (1618–1681)
1681–1698 John Luffe (1647–1698)
1698–1718 Thomas Hoy (b.1659, d. in or after 1721)
1718–1729 Joshua Lasher
1729–1730 William Beauvoir
1730–1758 William Woodforde
1759–1772 John Kelly
1772–1801 William Vivian
1801–1822 Christopher Pegge
1822–1851 John Kidd
1851–1857 James Adey Ogle
1858–1894 Henry Wentworth Acland
1895–1904 John Scott Burdon-Sanderson
John Scott Burdon-Sanderson
Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, Bt., F.R.S. was an English physiologist born near Newcastle upon Tyne. A member of a well known Northumbrian family, he received his medical education at the University of Edinburgh and at Paris...
1905–1919 William Osler
William Osler
Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet was a physician. He was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the first Professor of Medicine and founder of the Medical Service there. Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a physician. He was...
1920–1927 Archibald Garrod
Archibald Garrod
Sir Archibald Edward Garrod KCMG, FRS was an English physician who pioneered the field of inborn errors of metabolism.- Education and Personal Life :...
1928–1943 Edward Farquhar Buzzard
1948–1954 Arthur Duncan Gardner
1956–1968 George Pickering
1969–1979 Richard Doll
Richard Doll
Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll CH OBE FRS was a British physiologist who became the foremost epidemiologist of the 20th century, turning the subject into a rigorous science. He was a pioneer in research linking smoking to health problems...
1979–1992 Henry Harris
1992–2000 David J. Weatherall
2002 John Irving Bell
John Irving Bell
Sir John Irving Bell, FRS, PMedSci is a Canadian immunologist and geneticist who resides in the UK. As of 2008, he is President of the Academy of Medical Sciences and holds the Regius Chair of Medicine at Oxford University, UK....

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Regius Professors of Medicine at Oxford

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