Rawlinson And Bosworth Professor Of Anglo-Saxon
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The Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, until 1916 known as the Rawlinsonian Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, was established by
Richard Rawlinson Richard Rawlinson Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (3 January 1690 – 6 April 1755) was an England, English clergyman and antiquarian collector of books and manuscripts, which he bequeathed to the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Oxford. ...
of
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, in 1795. The Chair is associated with Pembroke College. "Bosworth" was added to commemorate Joseph Bosworth.


Rawlinsonian Professors of Anglo-Saxon


Rawlinson and Bosworth Professors of Anglo-Saxon


See also

* List of professorships at the University of Oxford


Notes


Sources

* ''The Historical Register of the University of Oxford''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888
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