Regius Professor Of Modern History, University Of Cambridge
Regius Professorship of History is one of the senior List of Professorships at the University of Cambridge, chairs in history at the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1724 by George I of Great Britain, George I as the Regius Professorship of Modern History. History The Regius Professorship was originally intended by George I to teach contemporary European history, to correct "the prejudice that has accrued to the ... University from this Defect, Persons of Foreign Nations being often employed in the Education and Tuition of Youth". Two modern language instructors were required to be paid for out of the Professor's salary, which was set at £400 per year, at the time nearly equal to the stipends of all other Cambridge professors put together. The University, in accepting the benefaction, agreed that the professorship would ensure "our Nobility and Gentry will be under no Temptation of sending for persons from foreign Countries to be entrusted with the education of their ch ...
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