The Regius Professorship of Physic is a
Regius Professorship in Medicine at the
University of Dublin,
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. The seat dates from at least 1637, placing it amongst the oldest academic posts at the university.
Mention is made in the college's Register for 1598 of an annual grant of £40 from the government for a "Physitian's pay"; this is sometimes held to be the provision made for the Chair of Physic, but it is possible that it may have been in granted for medical services required by the troops stationed in Dublin.
By 1700, the chair was considered part of the senior academic staff, alongside the
Provost and
Fellow
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s (the professorships in other subjects being confined to Fellows at that time).
Regius Professors of Physic
*1:
John Stearne (1656–1659, 1662–1669)
*2:
John Margetson (1670-1674)
[Kirkpatrick (1912) gives Margetson's forename as "Thomas".]
*3:
Ralph Howard (1674–1710)
*4:
Richard Steevens (1710-1710)
*5:
Thomas Molyneux (1711–1733)
*6:
Richard Helsham (1733–1738)
*7:
Henry Cope
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(1738-1742/3)
*8:
Francis Foreside (1742/3-1745)
*9:
Bryan Robinson (1745–1754)
*10:
Edward Barry (1754–1761)
*11:
William Clement (1761–1781)
*12:
Edward Hill (1781–1830)
*13:
Whitley Stokes
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He was a son of William Stokes (1804–1878), and a grandson of Whitley Stokes the physician and anti-Malthusian (1763†...
(1830–1840)
*14:
William Stokes (1840–1878)
*15:
Alfred Hudson (1878–1880)
*16:
John Thomas Banks (1880–1898)
*17:
James Little (1898–1916)
*18:
John Mallet Purser
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(1917–1925)
*19:
Thomas Gillman Moorhead
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(1925–1956)
*20:
Victor Synge
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(1956–1972)
*21:
Peter Gatenby (1975-1977)
*22:
Donald Weir
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(1977-2000)
*23:
Owen Smith
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(2014-2020)
*24:
Rose Anne Kenny
Rose Anne Kenny is an Irish geriatrician. She is the Regius Professor of Physic and a professor of medical gerontology at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), director of the Falls and Black-out Unit at St James's Hospital in Dublin, director of t ...
(2022-present)
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Physic
Professorships in medicine
Physic, Dublin