Brunner Professorships

Three chairs at the University of Liverpool were endowed by local industrialist Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet: the Brunner Professorship of Economic Science, the Brunner Professorship of Egyptology, and the Brunner Professorship of Physical Chemistry.

List of Brunner Professors of Economic Science

The Brunner Professorship of Economic Science is a chair in economics. It was established in 1891 by John Tomlinson Brunner, the chemical industrialist and Liberal MP for Northwich. Brunner's son Sidney had been a student at University College Liverpool at the time of his death in 1890.[1] After correspondence with Willam Rathbone,[2] Brunner founded the chair in memory of both his son and his father, the Swiss-born Unitarian schoolmaster John Brunner (born 1800).[1]

List of Brunner Professors of Egyptology

The Brunner Professorship of Egyptology is a chair in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, England. It was founded in 1906.[3]

List of Brunner Professors of Physical Chemistry
  • 1913 to 1948: William Lewis; Grant-Brunner Professor of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (1937–1948[10]
  • 1948 to 1973: C. E. H. Bawn; Grant-Brunner Professor of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (1948–1969)[11]
  • 1974 to 1988: David King[12]
  • 1990 to 2004: David Schiffrin[13]

References
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  2. Letters and papers relating to benefactions to Victoria University College and the University of Liverpool. (9 May 1890-10 May 1916), Brunner/4/5/6
  3. Jason Thompson (2015). Wonderful Things [Volume 2]: A History of Egyptology: 2: The Golden Age: 1881-1914. The American University in Cairo Press. pp. 171–172. ISBN 978-9774166921.
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  10. "Lewis, William Cudmore McCullagh". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  11. "Bawn, Cecil Edwin Henry". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  12. Benjamin, Alison (27 November 2007). "Profile: Professor Sir David King". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  13. "Schiffrin, Prof. David Jorge". Who's Who 2019. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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