The position of Shaw Professor of Chinese is one of the permanent professorships at the

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, England. It was established in 1876 as the Professor of Chinese, and is now associated with a professorial

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. The professor is part of the

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. The chair was renamed the Shaw Professorship in 1993 in recognition of the donation by

Run Run Shaw Sir Run Run Shaw (19 November 1907 – 7 January 2014), also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat-fu, was a Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist. He was one of the most influential figures in the Asian entertainment industry. He founde ...

of £3,000,000 to the university for developing Chinese studies, part of which was used to endow the chair. The people to have held the professorship since its establishment are: *

James Legge James Legge (; 20 December 181529 November 1897) was a Scottish linguist, missionary, sinologist, and translator who was best known as an early translator of Classical Chinese texts into English. Legge served as a representative of the London ...

1876–97 *

Thomas Lowndes Bullock Thomas Lowndes Bullock, FRS (27 September 1845 – 20 March 1915) was an English author, colonial administrator, academic and sinologist who served as Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford. He was the father of diplomat and explorer ...

1899–1915 *

William Edward Soothill William Edward Soothill, (1861 – 1935) was a Methodist missionary to China who later became Professor of Chinese at University College, Oxford, and a leading British sinologist. Life Born in Halifax, Yorkshire in January 1861, Soothill m ...

1920–35 *

Homer Dubs Homer Hasenpflug Dubs (March 28, 1892 – August 16, 1969) was an American sinologist and polymath. Though best known for his translation of sections of Ban Gu's ''Book of Han'', he published on a wide range of topics in ancient Chinese histo ...

1947–59 * David Hawkes 1959–71 *

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1972–87 *

Glen Dudbridge Glen Dudbridge FBA (1938 – 5 February 2017) was a British Sinologist, specialising in the literature and religious culture of China, ranging between the eighth and seventeenth centuries AD, with particular attention to narrative traditions an ...

1989–2005 *

Timothy Brook Timothy James Brook ( Chinese name: 卜正民; born January 6, 1951) is a Canadian historian, sinologist, and writer specializing in the study of China (sinology). He holds the Republic of China Chair, Department of History, University of British C ...

2007–09 *

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2013–18 *

Tian Yuan Tan Tian Yuan Tan (; born ) is a Singaporean scholar of Chinese literature. Since 2019, he has served as Shaw Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow of University College. Prior to his appointment at Oxford, he wa ...

2019–

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