The Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art is a
chair
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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 ...
,
England
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. It is associated with
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, the ...
.
Holders of the Chair
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William Mitchell Ramsay (1885 to 1886); first incumbent
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Percy Gardner (1887 to 1925)
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John Beazley (1925 to 1956)
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Bernard Ashmole
Bernard Ashmole, CBE, MC (22 June 1894 – 25 February 1988) was a British archaeologist and art historian, who specialized in ancient Greek sculpture. He held a number of professorships during his lifetime; Yates Professor of Classical Art an ...
(1956 to 1961)
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Martin Robertson
Charles Martin Robertson (11 September 1911 – 26 December 2004) was a British classical scholar and poet. He specialised in the art and archaeology of Ancient Greece.
Early life
He was the elder son of Donald Struan Robertson and Petica Cour ...
(1961 to 1978)
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John Boardman (1978 to 1994)
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Roland Smith
Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...
(1995 to present)
See also
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List of professorships at the University of Oxford
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References
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Classical Archaeology and Art, Lincoln
Classical Archaeology and Art, Lincoln, Oxford
Classical Archaeology and Art, Lincoln, Oxford