Langworthy Professor

The Langworthy Professor is the holder of an endowed chair in the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, England.

It was founded by a bequest of £10,000 for the purpose of endowing a professorship of experimental physics by E. R. Langworthy in 1874.[1] It began at Owens College and from 1903/04 to 2004 was a chair at the Victoria University of Manchester, now The University of Manchester.

Previous holders include the Nobel prize winners:

Ernest Rutherford (1907–19)

Lawrence Bragg (1919–37)

Patrick Blackett (1937–1953)

Andre Geim (2007–2013)

Konstantin Novoselov (2013–)


Others holiders were:

Balfour Stewart (1870-1887)

Arthur Schuster (1887–1907)

Samuel Devons (1955-1960)

Brian Flowers (1961-1972)

Francis Graham-Smith (1987-1990)

Frank Read (1998-2001)

Andrew Lyne (2001-2007)

The current holder is Konstantin Novoselov (2013–).

References
  1. Charlton, H. B. (1951) Portrait of a University, 1851–1951. Manchester: Manchester University Press; p. 143, 176


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