Regius Professor of English Literature (Aberdeen)

The Regius Professor of English Literature is a Regius Professorship at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. The first holder was appointed in 1894.[1]

List of Regius Professors of English Literature
  • Herbert Grierson (1894 to 1915); first incumbent[1]
  • Adolphus Alfred Jack (1915 to 1938)[1][2]
  • Geoffrey Bickersteth (1938 to 1954)[1]
  • G. I. Duthie (1955 to 1967)[1]
  • Andrew Rutherford (1968 to 1984)[1][3]
  • R. P. Draper (1987 to 1994)[1]
  • George Rousseau (1994 to 1998)[1]
  • Peter Robert Keith Andrew Davidson (1998 to 2005)

References
  1. "History of the Department". School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture. University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  2. "Owner: Jack, Adolphus Alfred, Prof". The Sir Duncan Rice Library. University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  3. Hook, Andrew (29 January 1998). "Obituary: Professor Andrew Rutherford". The Independent. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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