The Dr Lee's Professorships are three named statutory professorships of the

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

. They were created in 1919, and are named after Matthew Lee (1695–1755) who had endowed three readerships at

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church (, the temple or house, ''wikt:aedes, ædes'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by Henry V ...

, in the 19th century.

Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy

This professorship is linked with a

fellowship A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals in academia, medicine, research, and industry. The exact meaning of the term differs in each field. In learned or professional societies, the term refers ...

Hertford College, Oxford Hertford College ( ), previously known as Magdalen Hall, is a colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on Catte Street in the centre of Oxford, directly opposite the main ga ...

. * Arthur Thomson (1919–?); first incumbent * Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark (1934–1962) * Ray Guillery (1984–1996) * Dame Kay Davies (1998–present)

Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry

This professorship is linked with a

Exeter College, Oxford Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and the fourth-oldest college of the university. The college was founde ...

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Frederick Soddy Frederick Soddy FRS (2 September 1877 – 22 September 1956) was an English radiochemist who explained, with Ernest Rutherford, that radioactivity is due to the transmutation of elements, now known to involve nuclear reactions. He also pr ...

(1919–1936); first incumbent * Sir Cyril Hinshelwood (1937–?) * Sir Rex Richards (1964–1969) *

Frederick Dainton, Baron Dainton Frederick Sydney Dainton, Baron Dainton, Kt, FRS, FRSE (11 November 1914 – 5 December 1997) was a British academic chemist and university administrator. A graduate of Oxford and Cambridge, he was successively Professor of Physical Chemistry ...

(1970–1973) * Sir John Shipley Rowlinson (1974–1993) * John Simons (1993–1999) * Jacob Klein (2000–2008) * Dame Carol Robinson (2009–present); first female chemistry professor at Oxford

Dr Lee's Professor of Experimental Philosophy (Physics)

This professorship is linked with a

Wadham College, Oxford Wadham College ( ) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located in the centre of Oxford, at the intersection of Broad Street, Oxford, Broad Street and Parks Road ...

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Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell Frederick Alexander Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, ( ; 5 April 18863 July 1957) was a British physicist who was prime scientific adviser to Winston Churchill in World War II. He was involved in the development of radar and infra-red guida ...

(1919–?); first incumbent * Sir Francis Simon (1956); died one month after taking up the professorship * Brebis Bleaney (1957–1977) * Sir William Mitchell (1978–?) * Roger Cowley (1988–2007) * Paolo Radaelli (2008–present)

References

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