The Van Mildert Professor of Divinity is one of the oldest chairs at

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. The chair is named in honour of Bishop William Van Mildert, one of the founders of the university. The holder of the Van Mildert chair, which is jointly funded by the university and

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, is also a residentiary

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at the

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and member of its Chapter, thus one of the requirements of post holder is to be an Anglican priest or a minister in another church in communion with Church of England. The current Van Mildert Professor of Divinity is

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, who took up the appointment in 2015.

List of Van Mildert professors

* The Rev Canon Professor D. Dawson-Walker (1919 – 1934); former Principal of St John's College, Durham * The Rev Canon Professor

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(1940 – 1950), later Archbishop of Canterbury * The Rev Canon Professor Stanley Lawrence Greenslade (1950 – 1958) * The Rev Canon Professor Henry Ernest William 'Hugh' Turner (1958 – 73) * The Rt Rev Professor Stephen Sykes (1974 – 1985) * The Rev Canon Professor Daniel W. Hardy (1986 – 1990) * The Rev Canon Professor David Brown FBA, FRSE (1990 – 2007) * The Rev Canon

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(2009 – 2014) * The Rev Canon Professor

(2015 – present)

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List of Van Mildert professors

See also

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