The Professorship in Latin at
University College London
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(UCL) is one of the original professorships at UCL. Along with the
Professorship in Greek, the chair dates back to the foundations of the university in the 1820s. The first holder was the Rev. John Williams, "but he resigned in June, 1828, in deference to the opposition of his ecclesiastical superiors to the secular character of the university". Williams was succeeded by T. Hewitt Key, who was a founder of University College School and served as Head Master as well as Professor. The chair, which is a full-time position, has been occupied by a series of distinguished scholars including
J. R. Seeley
Sir John Robert Seeley, KCMG (10 September 1834 – 13 January 1895) was an English Liberal historian and political essayist. A founder of British imperial history, he was a prominent advocate for the British Empire, promoting a concept of Gr ...
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Robinson Ellis,
A. E. Housman, H. E. Butler, Otto Skutsch, George Goold, and Malcolm Willcock.
List of holders
The following have held the chair of Latin:
* J. Williams, 1826-1828
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Thomas Hewitt Key
Thomas Hewitt Key, FRS (20 March 179929 November 1875) was an English classical scholar.
Life
He was born in London and educated at St John's and Trinity Colleges, Cambridge, and graduated 19th wrangler in 1821. From 1825 to 1827 he was the ...
, 1828-1842
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George Long, 1842-1846
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Francis William Newman
Francis William Newman (27 June 1805 – 4 October 1897) was an English classical scholar and moral philosopher, prolific miscellaneous writer and activist for vegetarianism and other causes.
He was the younger brother of John Henry Newman. ...
, 1846-1863
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John Robert Seeley
Sir John Robert Seeley, KCMG (10 September 1834 – 13 January 1895) was an English Liberal historian and political essayist. A founder of British imperial history, he was a prominent advocate for the British Empire, promoting a concept of Gr ...
, 1863-1870
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Robinson Ellis, 1870-1876
* Alfred Goodwin, 1876-1880 (also Professor of Greek, 1879–1892)
* A. J. Church, 1880-1889
* Alfred Goodwin, 1889-1892 (second tenure)
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A. E. Housman, 1892-1911
* Harold Edgeworth Butler, 1911-1942
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Otto Skutsch, 1951-1972
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G. P. Goold, 1973-1978
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Malcolm Willcock, 1980-1991
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Gerard O'Daly, 1991-2004
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Maria Wyke, 2005–present
References
Sources
* H. Hale Bellot, ''University College, London, 1826-1926'', London, 1929.
*R. B. Todd, ed., ''The Dictionary of British Classicists'', 3 vols., Bristol, 2004.
* P. G. Naiditch, ''A. E. Housman at University College, London: the election of 1892'', Leiden, 1988.
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. P. Ker, ed. ''Notes and materials for the history of University College, London'', London, 1898
* Christopher Stray, ''Classics Transformed: Schools, Universities, and Society in England, 1830-1960'', Oxford, 1998.
* University of London Calendar
External links
Department of Greek and Latin at UCL
Latin, *, University College London
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...
Latin, *, University College London
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