The Regius Professorship of Greek is a

professorship Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a 'person who professes'. Professors ...

Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Unive ...

. The chair was founded by

George III George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland, Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and ...

in 1761.

List of Regius Professors of Greek

* Theaker Wilder 1761– * John Stokes 1764–1765 * Henry Joseph Dabzac 1775–1778 * Arthur Browne 1792–5 * John Barrett 1796–1797 * Arthur Browne 1797–9 * Arthur Browne 1801–05 * Richard Graves 1810– * Franc Sadleir 1833–1838 * William Hepworth Thompson 1853–1866 * John Kells Ingram 1866–1877 * Robert Yelverton Tyrrell 1880–1898 * John Bagnell Bury 1898–1902 * John Isaac Beare 1902–1915 * Josiah Gilbart Smyly 1915–1927 * William Bedell Stanford 1940–1980 * John Myles Dillon 1980–2006 * Brian McGing 2006–2019 * Ahuvia Kahane 2019–

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List of Regius Professors of Greek

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