Regius Professor Of Greek (Aberdeen)
Regius Professor of Greek may refer to: * Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge), at the University of Cambridge (founded 1540) * Regius Professor of Greek (Oxford), at the University of Oxford (founded 1546) * Regius Professor of Greek (Dublin) The Regius Professorship of Greek is a professorship at Trinity College Dublin. The chair was founded by George III in 1761. List of Regius Professors of Greek * Theaker Wilder 1761– * John Stokes 1764–1765 * Henry Joseph Dabzac 1775–177 ...

Regius Professor Of Greek (Cambridge)
The Regius Professorship of Greek is one of the oldest professorships at the University of Cambridge. The Regius Professor chair was founded in 1540 by Henry VIII with a stipend of £40 per year, subsequently increased in 1848 by a canonry of Ely Cathedral. The position is at present (2022) vacant and an appointments process is underway. Regius Professors of Greek Official coat of arms According to a grant of 1590, the office of Regius Professor of "Greke" at Cambridge has a coat of arms with the following blazon: ''Per chevron argent and sable, in chief the two Greek letters Alpha and Omega of the second, and in base a cicada (grasshopper) of the first, on a chief gules a lion passant guardant Or, charged on the side with the letter G sable.'' The crest has an owl.''A Complete Guide to Heraldry'' by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1909), pp. 587-588. Sources *''Concise Dictionary of National Biography'' **Cheke (to 1551), Carr, Dodington (to 1585), Downes (to 1624), Creigh ...
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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 (and five corresponding chairs in Cambridge University), the others being the Regius chairs of Divinity, Medicine, Civil Law and Hebrew. List of holders * John Harpsfield, ca. 1541–1545 * George Etheridge (or Etherege), 1547–1550 * Giles Lawrence, 1551–1553 * George Etheridge, reinstated, 1553–1559 * Giles Lawrence, reinstated, 1559–1584 or 1585 * John Harmar (or Harmer), 1585–1590 * Henry Cuffe, 1590–1597 * John Perrin, 1597–1615 * John Hales, 1615–1619 * John Harrys, 1619–1622 * John South, 1622–1625 * Henry Stringer, 1625–1650 * John Harmar (or Harmer), 1650–1660 * Joseph Crowther, 1660–1665 * William Levinz, 1665–1698 * Humphrey Hody, 1698–1705 * Thomas Milles, 1705–1707 * Edward Thwaytes, 1707–1711 * Thomas Terry, 1712–1735 * John Fanshawe, ...
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