J. R. R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language
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The J. R. R. Tolkien Professorship of English Literature and Language was established at the
University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...
in 1980 and named after the author, poet, philologist and academic
J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...
. The inaugural holder was Douglas Gray.


List of J. R. R. Tolkien Professors

* 1980–1997: Douglas Gray, FBA * 1998–2003: Paul H. Strohm * 2004–2021: Vincent Gillespie, FBA, FSA, FRHistS * 2022-present: Marion Turner


References

{{Reflist 1980 establishments in England Professorships at the University of Oxford Professor of English Literature and Language