The Gladstone Professorship of Government is located at

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at the

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. It was instituted in memory of

William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-conse ...

. Initially the chair was described as the Gladstone Professorship of Political Theory and Institutions. In 1941 this was changed to Government and

Public Administration Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment (public governance), management of non-profit est ...

. More recently the title has changed to Professor of Government. The professorship has never been held by a woman. Its past holders have been: * Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare, 1944-1956 *

Max Beloff Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, (2 July 1913 – 22 March 1999) was a British historian and Conservative peer. From 1974 to 1979 he was principal of the University College of Buckingham, now the University of Buckingham. Early life Beloff was born ...

, 1957-1974 *

Samuel Finer Samuel Edward Finer FBA (22 September 1915 – 9 June 1993) was a British political scientist and historian specializing in comparative politics, who was instrumental in advancing political studies as an academic subject in the United Kingdom ...

, 1974-1982 * Peter Pulzer, 1985-1996 * Alfred C. Stepan, 1996-1999 before he re-joined

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Christopher Hood Christopher Cropper Hood (born 1947) is a visiting Professor of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, and an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Hood was Gladstone Professor of Government at All Souls Coll ...

, 2001–2014. He worked mainly on executive government and the politics of public services. * Stathis Kalyvas, 2018-.

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