The Regius Professor of Medicine is an appointment held at the

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. The chair was founded by

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by 1546, and until the 20th century the title was Regius Professor of Physic. Henry VIII established five Regius Professorships in the University, the others being the Regius chairs of

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, Civil Law,

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and

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. The Regius Professor of Clinical Medicine is always a member of Christ Church.

Holders

*1546–1554 John Warner *1554–1561 Thomas Frauncis (or Frances/Francis) (c.1519–1574) *1561–1582 Walter Bayley (1529–1593) *1582–1597 Anthony Aylworth (d.1619) *1597–1612 Bartholomew Warner (1556–1619) *1612–1647 Thomas Clayton the Elder (1575–1647), first Master of Pembroke *1647–1665 Sir Thomas Clayton the Younger (c. 1611–1693), Warden of Merton *1665–1681 James Hyde (1618–1681) *1681–1698 John Luffe (1647–1698) *1698–1718 Thomas Hoy (b.1659, d. in or after 1721) *1718–1729 Joshua Lasher *1729–1730

William Beauvoir William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

*1730–1758

William Woodforde William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

*1759–1772 John Kelly *1772–1801

William Vivian William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

*1801–1822

Sir Christopher Pegge Sir Christopher Pegge M.D. (1765–1822) was an English physician. Life The son of Samuel Pegge the younger, by his first wife, he was born in London. He entered Christ Church, Oxford, as a commoner on 18 April 1782, and graduated B.A. on 23 F ...

*1822–1851 John Kidd *1851–1857

James Adey Ogle James Adey Ogle (1792–1857) was an English physician. Life He was born on 22 October 1792 in Great Russell Street, London, where his father Richard Ogle had a good practice as a general practitioner. In 1808 he was sent to Eton College, under J ...

*1858–1894 Sir Henry Wentworth Acland *1895–1904 Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson *1905–1919

Sir William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (; July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of phys ...

*1920–1927 Sir Archibald Garrod *1928–1943 Sir Edward Farquhar Buzzard *1943–1948 Sir Arthur William Mickle Ellis *1948–1954 Arthur Duncan Gardner *1956–1968 Sir George Pickering *1969–1979 Sir Richard Doll *1979–1992 Sir Henry Harris *1992–2000 Sir David J. Weatherall *2002– Sir John Irving Bell, incumbent

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Regius Professors of Medicine at Oxford
Professorships at the University of Oxford Medicine, Oxford Professorships in medicine 1546 establishments in England Lists of people associated with the University of Oxford Medical education in the United Kingdom {{UOxford-stub

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