The Ely Professorship of Divinity was one of the

professorships Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

divinity Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine

at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. Originally part of the Regius Professorship of Greek, it was detached in 1889 and funded by the canonry of

Ely Ely or ELY may refer to: Places Ireland * Éile, a medieval kingdom commonly anglicised Ely * Ely Place, Dublin, a street United Kingdom * Ely, Cambridgeshire, a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England ** Ely Cathedral Ely Cathedral, formal ...

, but has since been suppressed. The professors holding this chair were thus made residentiary canons of Ely Cathedral.

Ely Professors

Memorial to John Martin Creed in Ely Cathedral

Vincent Henry Stanton Vincent Henry Stanton (1 June 1846 – 8 June 1924) was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University. He is buried in the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge; he was a member of the Cambridge Apostles The Cambridge ...

(1889) *

Alan England Brooke Alan England Brooke, Doctor of Divinity, D.D. (1 September1863 – 29 October 1939) was an English academic. Brooke was born in Pembrokeshire and educated at Eton College. He entered King's College, Cambridge in 1883, graduating Bachelor of Arts, ...

(1916) * John Martin Creed (1926) *

John Sandwith Boys Smith John Sandwith Boys Smith (8 January 1901 – 3 November 1991) was a 20th-century British priest and academic. Boys Smith was born in Hordle, Hampshire, in 1901. He was educated at Sherborne School and St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordain ...

(1940) * William Telfer (1944) *

Edward Craddock Ratcliffe Edward Craddock Ratcliff (16 December 1896 – 30 July 1967) was an English Anglican priest and liturgical scholar. He was Professor of Liturgical Theology at King's College, London (1945–1947), and Ely Professor of Divinity (1947–1958) ...

(1947) * Stanley Lawrence Greenslade (1958) * G.W.H. Lampe (1960) *

George Christopher Stead The Revd George Christopher Stead (April 9, 1913 – May 28, 2008) was British patristic scholar and Church of England clergyman who was the last Ely Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for his work on the phil ...

(1971)

References

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