The position of Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature (named after the architect Robert Taylor, whose bequest funded the

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) is one of the permanent chairs 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 ...

. The position was established in 1907. It is associated with a

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. The people to have held the position are: *

Hermann Georg Fiedler Hermann Georg Fiedler (28 April 1862 – 10 April 1945) was a German scholar, who became Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature at the University of Oxford (1907–37). He was previously lecturer in German at Mason College (whi ...

1907–1937 * James Boyd 1938–1959 *

Ernest Stahl The position of Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature (named after the architect Robert Taylor, whose bequest funded the Taylor Institution) is one of the permanent chairs at the University of Oxford. The position was establish ...

1959–1969 * Siegbert Salomon Prawer 1969–1986 *

Terence James Reed Terence James Reed, FBA (born 1937), known professionally as Jim Reed, is a scholar of German literature. He was Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature at the University of Oxford from 1989 to 2004. Born in 1937, Reed completed h ...

1989–2004 * Ritchie Robertson 2010–2021 *

Karen Leeder Karen Leeder (born 1962) is a British writer, translator and scholar of German culture. She is professor of Modern German Literature in the University of Oxford. In 2021 she was elected as Schwarz-Taylor Professor of the German Language and Lit ...

2021–present The post was renamed the 'Schwarz–Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature' in 2020, following a donation from the Dieter Schwarz Foundation.Development Office, University of Oxford,
Donation secures future of professorship in German language and literature
, 22 April 2021

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