The position of Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature (named after the architect Robert Taylor, whose bequest funded the

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) is one of the permanent chairs at the

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. The position was established in 1907. It is associated with a

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. The people to have held the position are: *

Hermann Georg Fiedler Hermann Georg Fiedler (28 April 1862 – 10 April 1945) was a German scholar, who became Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature at the University of Oxford (1907–37). He was previously lecturer in German at Mason College (whi ...

1907–1937 * James Boyd 1938–1959 *

Ernest Stahl The position of Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature (named after the architect Robert Taylor, whose bequest funded the Taylor Institution) is one of the permanent chairs at the University of Oxford. The position was establish ...

1959–1969 *

Siegbert Salomon Prawer Siegbert Salomon Prawer (15 February 1925 – 5 April 2012) was Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. Life and works Prawer was born on 15 February 1925 in Cologne, Germany, to Jewish parents Marcu ...

1969–1986 *

Terence James Reed Terence James Reed, FBA (born 1937), known professionally as Jim Reed, is a scholar of German literature. He was Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature at the University of Oxford from 1989 to 2004. Born in 1937, Reed completed ...

1989–2004 * Manfred Engel 2006-2009 *

Ritchie Robertson Ritchie Neil Ninian Robertson FBA (born 1952) is a British academic who was the Taylor Professor of German Language and Literature between 2010 and 2021. He was educated at Nairn Academy in the North of Scotland and at Edinburgh University, wher ...

2010–2021 *

Karen Leeder Karen Leeder (born 1962) is a British writer, translator and scholar of German culture. From 1993 she was Fellow of German at New College, Oxford and Professor of Modern German Literature in the University of Oxford. In 2021 she was elected as ...

2021–present The post was renamed the 'Schwarz–Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature' in 2020, following a donation from the Dieter Schwarz Foundation.Development Office, University of Oxford,
Donation secures future of professorship in German language and literature
, 22 April 2021

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