The Camden Professorship of Ancient History at the

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was established in 1622 by English antiquary and historian

William Camden William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of ''Britannia'', the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the ''Ann ...

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, and endowed with the income of the manor of

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, 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 Robert Waring (1614–1658) was an English academic, cleric and author. Life His father was Edmund Waring and his mother the daughter of Richard Broughton, of Owlbury in the parish of Bishops Castle in Shropshire, and niece of Hugh Broughton. ...

1647–1648 #

Lewis du Moulin Lewis Du Moulin (''Ludovicus Molinaeus''; pseudonym: ''Ludiomaeus Colvinus''; 1606–1680) was a French Huguenot physician and controversialist, who settled in England. He became Camden Professor of History at the University of Oxford. Life ...

1648–1660 #

John Lamphire John Lamphire M.D. (1614–1688) was an English academic, who became a physician after being ejected from his college fellowship. He was later Camden Professor of Ancient History, and principal of Hart Hall, Oxford. Life He was son of George Lamp ...

1660–1688 #

Henry Dodwell Henry Dodwell (October 16417 June 1711) was an Anglo-Irish scholar, theologian and controversial writer. Life Dodwell was born in Dublin in 1641. His father, William Dodwell, who lost his property in Connacht during the Irish rebellion, was ...

1688–1691 # Charles Aldworth 1691–1720 # Sedgwick Harrison 1720–1727 #

Richard Frewin Richard Frewin, M.D. (1681?-1761), was an English physician and professor of history. Early life and education Frewin, the son of Ralph Frewin of London, was admitted as a King's Scholar at Westminster in 1693, and elected thence to a Westminste ...

1727–1761 #

John Warneford Reverend John Warneford MA, BD (1720 – 20 November 1773) was an English clergyman and scholar. He was born in Miserden, Gloucestershire, the eldest son of Reverend William Warneford, Senior Lecturer of St Michael, Cornhill, Gentleman's Magazin ...

1761–1773 # William Scott (later Lord Stowell) 1773–1785 #

Thomas Warton Thomas Warton (9 January 172821 May 1790) was an English literary historian, critic, and poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1785, following the death of William Whitehead. He is sometimes called ''Thomas Warton the younger'' to disti ...

1785–1790 # Thomas Winstanley 1790–1823 #

Peter Elmsley Peter Elmsley (born Hampstead, London, 5 February 1774 – died Oxford, 8 March 1825) was an English classical scholar. Early life and education Peter Elmsley was the younger son of Alexander Elmsley of St Clement Danes, Westminster, who ...

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. L ...

1825–1861 # George Rawlinson 1861–1889 # Henry Francis Pelham 1889–1907 #

Francis John Haverfield Francis John Haverfield, (8 November 1860 at Shipston-on-Stour – 1 October 1919) was an English ancient historian, archaeologist, and academic. From 1907 to 1919 he held the Camden Professorship of Ancient History at the University of Oxford ...

1907–1919 # Henry Stuart Jones 1920–1927 # John Anderson 1927–1936 #

Hugh Last Hugh Macilwain Last (3 December 1894 – 25 October 1957) was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford and Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford. Early life Last was born in London on 3 December 1894; his father was Willi ...

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 Roman ...

1949–1970 # Peter Brunt 1970–1982 #

Fergus Millar Sir Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar, (; 5 July 1935 – 15 July 2019) was a British ancient historian and academic. He was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford between 1984 and 2002. He numbers among the most infl ...

1984–2002 #

Alan Bowman Alan Bowman may refer to: * Alan Bowman (classicist) Alan Keir Bowman, FBA (born 23 May 1944) is a British classicist and academic. He was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford from 2002 to 2010, and Principal of Bras ...

2002–2010 # Nicholas Purcell 2011–

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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