Merton Professors
There are two Merton Professorships of English in the University of Oxford: the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, and the Merton Professor of English Literature. The second was created in 1914 when Sir Walter Raleigh's chair was renamed. At the present day both professorships are associated with Merton College, but Dame Helen Gardner held her post in association with Lady Margaret Hall. The occupants of the chairs have been:
Merton Professor of English Language and Literature
- 1885–1916: Arthur S. Napier[1]
- 1916–1920: vacant[2]
- 1920–1945: H. C. K. Wyld[3]
- 1945–1959: J. R. R. Tolkien[4]
- 1959–1980: Norman Davis[5]
- 1980–1984: vacant
- 1984–2014: Suzanne Romaine
- 2018 onwards: Helen Small
Merton Professor of English Literature
- 1904–1922: Walter Raleigh[6]
- 1922–1928: George Stuart Gordon[7]
- 1929–1946: David Nichol Smith[8]
- 1947–1957: F. P. Wilson[9]
- 1957–1966: Nevill Coghill[10]
- 1966–1975: Helen Gardner[11]
- 1975–2002: John Carey[12]
- 2002–2014: David Norbrook
- 2016–present: Lorna Hutson[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ MacMahon, M K C (2004). "Napier, Arthur Sampson (1853–1916)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/94131. Retrieved 7 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Oxford University Calendar. J.H. Parker, and H. Slatter. 1920. p. 65. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Orton, Harold (2004). "Wyld, Henry Cecil Kennedy (1870–1945)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37047. Retrieved 7 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Drout, Michael D C, ed. (27 November 2006). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Routledge. p. 466. ISBN 0415969425.
- ^ Carpenter, Humphrey (28 June 2000). J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 240. ISBN 9780618057023.
- ^ Erskine-Hill, Howard; Lindsay, Alexander (2 October 2012). William Congreve: The Critical Heritage. Routledge. p. 425. ISBN 978-1-134-78263-5. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Lewis, C. S. (13 November 1992). All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis, 1922-1927. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 464. ISBN 0-547-74690-3. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Trevor-Roper, Hugh (30 May 2015). The Wartime Journals. I.B. Tauris. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-78453-193-5. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Lewis, C. S. (13 November 1992). All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis, 1922–1927. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 473. ISBN 0-547-74690-3. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Bloom, Harold (1 January 2009). Geoffrey Chaucer. Infobase Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-4381-1568-9. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Louis, Wm. Roger (November 2013). History of Oxford University Press: Volume III: 1896 to 1970. OUP Oxford. p. 801. ISBN 978-0-19-956840-6. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ "Professor John Carey | the Man Booker Prizes". Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ "Appointments: Humanities". Oxford University Gazette. The University Of Oxford. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "Appointments". Times Higher Education. TES Global. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
Sources
[edit]- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- The Times.