Regius Professor of English Literature

The Regius Professor of English Literature is a Regius Professorship at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. The first holder was appointed in 1894.[1]

List of Regius Professors of English Literature

Herbert Grierson (1894 to 1915); first incumbent[1]
Adolphus Alfred Jack (1915 to 1938)[1][2]
Geoffrey Bickersteth (1938 to 1954)[1]
G. I. Duthie (1955 to 1967)[1]
Andrew Rutherford (1968 to 1984)[1][3]
R. P. Draper (1987 to 1994)[1]
George Rousseau (1994 to 1998)[1]
Peter Robert Keith Andrew Davidson (1998 to 2005)

References

"History of the Department". School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture. University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
"Owner: Jack, Adolphus Alfred, Prof". The Sir Duncan Rice Library. University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
Hook, Andrew (29 January 1998). "Obituary: Professor Andrew Rutherford". The Independent. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

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