The Camden Professorship of Ancient History at the

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was established in 1622 by English antiquary and historian

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, and endowed with the income of the manor of Bexley, becoming the first and oldest chair of history in England. Since 1877 it has been attached to

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, and since 1910 it has been limited to Roman history.

List of Camden Professors of Ancient History

List of holders of the chair since its foundation: # Degory Wheare 1622–1647 # Robert Waryng 1647–1648 # Lewis du Moulin 1648–1660 # John Lamphire 1660–1688 # Henry Dodwell 1688–1691 # Charles Aldworth 1691–1720 # Sedgwick Harrison 1720–1727 # Richard Frewin 1727–1761 # John Warneford 1761–1773 # William Scott (later Lord Stowell) 1773–1785 # Thomas Warton 1785–1790 # Thomas Winstanley 1790–1823 # Peter Elmsley 1823–1825 #

Edward Cardwell Edward Cardwell (178723 May 1861) was an English theologian also noted for his contributions to the study of English church history. In addition to his scholarly work, he filled various administrative positions in the University of Oxford. ...

1825–1861 # George Rawlinson 1861–1889 # Henry Francis Pelham 1889–1907 # Francis John Haverfield 1907–1919 #

Henry Stuart Jones Sir Henry Stuart Jones, FBA (15 May 1867 – 29 June 1939) was a British academic. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford; he obtained a First in Classical Moderations in 1888 and a First in Literae Humaniores ('Greats', a combination of ph ...

1920–1927 # John Anderson 1927–1936 # Hugh Last 1936–1949 #

Ronald Syme Sir Ronald Syme, (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. He was regarded as the greatest historian of ancient Rome since Theodor Mommsen and the most brilliant exponent of the history of the Roma ...

1949–1970 # Peter Brunt 1970–1982 # Fergus Millar 1984–2002 # Alan Bowman 2002–2010 # Nicholas Purcell 2011–2023 # Valentina Arena 2024–

References

Sources

* ''The Historical Register of the University of Oxford, 1220–1900''. OUP
The Foundation and History of the Camden Chair: lecture by Prof H Stuart Jones, 1922
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