The Regius Chair of Ecclesiastical History 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 ...
was founded by
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...
in 1842. Previous Holders of the chair include
John McManners
John McManners (1916–2006) was a British clergyman and historian of religion who specialized in the history of the church and other aspects of religious life in 18th-century France. He was Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the Univ ...
,
Peter Hinchliff and
Henry Mayr-Harting
Henry Maria Robert Egmont Mayr-Harting (born 6 April 1936) is a British medieval ecclesiastical historian. From 1997 to 2003, he was Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford and a lay canon of Christ Church, Oxford.
...
.
The current
Regius Professor
A Regius Professor
is a university Professor (highest academic rank), professor who has, or originally had, Monarchy of the United Kingdom, royal patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of academia in the United Kingdom and Republic ...
of Ecclesiastical History is
Sarah Foot
Sarah Rosamund Irvine Foot (born 23 February 1961) is an English Anglican priest and early medieval historian, currently serving as Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford.
Early life and education
Foot was bor ...
(from
Michaelmas
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2007). She is also a
Canon
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of
Christ Church, Oxford
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.
Professors
*1842
Robert Hussey, first holder
*1856
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, (13 December 1815 – 18 July 1881), known as Dean Stanley, was an English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. He was Dean of Westminster from 1864 to 1881. His position was that of a Broad Churchman and he wa ...
*1863–1866
Walter Waddington Shirley
Prof. Rev. Walter Waddington Shirley (1828–1866) was an English churchman and ecclesiastical historian.
Life
The only son of Walter Augustus Shirley, bishop of Sodor and Man, he was born at Shirley, Derbyshire, on 24 July 1828. In 1837 he beca ...
*1866
Henry Longueville Mansel
Henry Longueville Mansel (6 October 1820 – 30 July 1871) was an English philosopher and ecclesiastic.
Life
He was born at Cosgrove, Northamptonshire (where his father, also Henry Longueville Mansel, fourth son of General John Mansel, was ...
*1868–1901
William Bright
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Biography
Bright earned a bachelor's degree in linguist ...
*1901–1908
Charles Bigg
Charles Bigg (1840–1908) was a Church of England clergyman, theologian and church historian.
Bigg was the winner of the Gaisford Prize for Greek Prose in 1861.
In 1886, he delivered the Bampton Lectures, later published as''The Christian Platoni ...
*
*1934
Claude Jenkins
Claude Jenkins (1877–1959) was an Anglican clergyman, theologian and historian.
Biography
He became Canon of Christ Church and Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical Historyat Oxford University
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the cou ...
*1960–1972
Stanley Lawrence Greenslade
*1972–1984
John McManners
John McManners (1916–2006) was a British clergyman and historian of religion who specialized in the history of the church and other aspects of religious life in 18th-century France. He was Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the Univ ...
*1992–1995
Peter Hinchliff
*1997–2003
Henry Mayr-Harting
Henry Maria Robert Egmont Mayr-Harting (born 6 April 1936) is a British medieval ecclesiastical historian. From 1997 to 2003, he was Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford and a lay canon of Christ Church, Oxford.
...
*2007–
Sarah Foot
Sarah Rosamund Irvine Foot (born 23 February 1961) is an English Anglican priest and early medieval historian, currently serving as Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford.
Early life and education
Foot was bor ...
Notes
Ecclesiastical History, Regius
Ecclesiastical History, Oxford
Ecclesiastical History, Regius, Oxford
1842 establishments in England
Christ Church, Oxford
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