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

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ships in the University, the others being the Regius chairs of

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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 John William Warner III (February 18, 1927 – May 25, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 20 ...

*1554–1561 Thomas Frauncis (or Frances/Francis) (c.1519–1574) *1561–1582

Walter Bayley Walter Bayley (1529–1593), was an English physician. Life Bayley, called in Latin Bailæus and in English books also Baley and Baily, was born at Portesham, Dorset, in which county his father was a squire. He was educated at Winchester Schoo ...

(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 John or Jack Kelly may refer to: People Academics and scientists * John Kelly (engineer), Irish professor, former Registrar of University College Dublin *John Kelly (scholar) (1750–1809), at Douglas, Isle of Man *John Forrest Kelly (1859–1922) ...

*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 *1822–1851 John Kidd *1851–1857 James Adey Ogle *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 phy ...

*1920–1927 Sir Archibald Garrod *1928–1943 Sir Edward Farquhar Buzzard *1943–1948

Sir Arthur William Mickle Ellis Sir Arthur William Mickle Ellis, OBE, DM, FRCP, LLD (4 May 1883 – 20 May 1966) was a prominent British-Canadian physician, pathologist, and Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford (1943-1948). Early life Ellis was born in Tor ...

*1948–1954

Arthur Duncan Gardner He was born on 28 March 1884 and educated at Rugby School, before entering University College, University of Oxford to study Law. Upon completing his degree, he rejected the family law practice to study Medicine. After qualifying in 1911 and obta ...

*1956–1968 Sir George Pickering *1969–1979

Sir Richard Doll Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll (28 October 1912 – 24 July 2005) was a British physician who became an epidemiologist in the mid-20th century and made important contributions to that discipline. He was a pioneer in research linking Tobacco s ...

*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

Holders

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