The Camden Professorship of Ancient History at the

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was established in 1622 by English antiquary and historian

William Camden William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of ''Britannia'', the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the ''Annal ...

, Clarenceux King of Arms, and endowed with the income of the manor of Bexley, becoming the first and oldest chair of history in England. Since 1877 it has been attached to Brasenose College, and since 1910 it has been limited to Roman history.

List of Camden Professors of Ancient History

List of holders of the chair since its foundation: #

Degory Wheare Degory Wheare, also spelt Digory Whear (the first name can be Latinized as Degoreus or Digoreus) (1573 – 1 August 1647) was an historian, the first Camden Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford. Life He was born in Jacob ...

1622–1647 #

Robert Waryng Robert Waring (1614–1658) was an English academic, cleric and author. Life His father was Edmund Waring and his mother the daughter of Richard Broughton, of Owlbury in the parish of Bishops Castle in Shropshire, and niece of Hugh Broughton. He ...

1647–1648 #

Lewis du Moulin Lewis Du Moulin (''Ludovicus Molinaeus''; pseudonym: ''Ludiomaeus Colvinus''; 1606–1680) was a French Huguenot physician and controversialist, who settled in England. He became Camden Professor of History at the University of Oxford. Life ...

1648–1660 #

John Lamphire John Lamphire M.D. (1614–1688) was an English academic, who became a physician after being ejected from his college fellowship. He was later Camden Professor of Ancient History, and principal of Hart Hall, Oxford. Life He was son of George Lamp ...

1660–1688 # Henry Dodwell 1688–1691 #

Charles Aldworth Charles Aldworth (1677 - 21 September 1714) was an English politician, MP for New Windsor from 1712 to 1714. Charles Aldworth was the son of the King's Auditor, William Aldworth of Frogmore House at Windsor in Berkshire, and his wife, Anne. He ...

1691–1720 # Sedgwick Harrison 1720–1727 #

Richard Frewin Richard Frewin, M.D. (1681?-1761), was an English physician and professor of history. Early life and education Frewin, the son of Ralph Frewin of London, was admitted as a King's Scholar at Westminster in 1693, and elected thence to a Westminster s ...

1727–1761 #

John Warneford Reverend John Warneford MA, BD (1720 – 20 November 1773) was an English clergyman and scholar. He was born in Miserden, Gloucestershire, the eldest son of Reverend William Warneford, Senior Lecturer of St Michael, Cornhill,Gentleman's Magazine, ...

1761–1773 # William Scott (later Lord Stowell) 1773–1785 # Thomas Warton 1785–1790 #

Thomas Winstanley Thomas Winstanley (1749 – 2 September 1823) was an academic at the University of Oxford, who held the positions of Camden Professor of Ancient History, Laudian Professor of Arabic, and principal of St Alban Hall. Life Winstanley was born in th ...

1790–1823 #

Peter Elmsley Peter Elmsley (born Hampstead, London, 5 February 1774 – died Oxford, 8 March 1825) was an English classical scholar. Early life and education Peter Elmsley was the younger son of Alexander Elmsley of St Clement Danes, Westminster, who ...

1823–1825 # Edward Cardwell 1825–1861 # George Rawlinson 1861–1889 #

Henry Francis Pelham Henry Francis Pelham, FSA, FBA (10 September 1846 in Bergh Apton, Norfolk – 13 February 1907) was an English scholar and historian. He was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford from 1889 to 1907, and was also Pr ...

1889–1907 #

Francis John Haverfield Francis John Haverfield, (8 November 1860 at Shipston-on-Stour – 1 October 1919) was an English ancient historian, archaeologist, and academic. From 1907 to 1919 he held the Camden Professorship of Ancient History at the University of Oxford. ...

1907–1919 #

Henry Stuart Jones Sir Henry Stuart Jones, FBA (15 May 1867 – 29 June 1939) was a British academic. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford; he obtained a First in Classical Moderations in 1888 and a First in Literae Humaniores ('Greats', a combination of ph ...

1920–1927 #

John Anderson John Anderson may refer to: Business *John Anderson (Scottish businessman) (1747–1820), Scottish merchant and founder of Fermoy, Ireland * John Byers Anderson (1817–1897), American educator, military officer and railroad executive, mentor of ...

1927–1936 #

Hugh Last Hugh Macilwain Last (3 December 1894 – 25 October 1957) was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford and Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford. Early life Last was born in London on 3 December 1894; his father was Will ...

1936–1949 # Ronald Syme 1949–1970 #

Peter Brunt Peter Astbury Brunt FBA (23 June 19175 November 2005) was a British academic and ancient historian. He was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford from 1970 to 1982. During his career, he lectured at the University of St ...

1970–1982 #

Fergus Millar Sir Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar, (; 5 July 1935 – 15 July 2019) was a British ancient historian and academic. He was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford between 1984 and 2002. He numbers among the most influ ...

1984–2002 # Alan Bowman 2002–2010 # Nicholas Purcell 2011–

References

Sources

* ''The Historical Register of the University of Oxford, 1220–1900''. OUP
The Foundation and History of the Camden Chair: lecture by Prof H Stuart Jones, 1922
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