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EspañolJESUS PROFESSOR OF CELTIC
The 'Jesus Professorship of Celtic' is a professorship at the University of Oxford. The holder is also a Professorial Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.
The chair was founded in 1877 and was first held by the distinguished Welsh scholar, Sir John Rhys. It is the oldest chair in the Modern Languages Faculty at Oxford and is still the only chair in Celtic at an English university.[1]
The Professor also controls access to the Celtic Library at Jesus College, a specialist collection for researchers.
★ Sir John Rhys : 1877 to 1915
★ John Fraser : 1921 to 1945
★ Sir Idris Foster : 1947 to 1978
★ D Ellis Evans : 1978 to 1996
★ Thomas Charles-Edwards : 1997 to date
1. Modern Languages Faculty website (accessed 18 February 2007)
The chair was founded in 1877 and was first held by the distinguished Welsh scholar, Sir John Rhys. It is the oldest chair in the Modern Languages Faculty at Oxford and is still the only chair in Celtic at an English university.[1]
The Professor also controls access to the Celtic Library at Jesus College, a specialist collection for researchers.
| Contents |
| List of Jesus Professors of Celtic |
| References |
List of Jesus Professors of Celtic
★ Sir John Rhys : 1877 to 1915
★ John Fraser : 1921 to 1945
★ Sir Idris Foster : 1947 to 1978
★ D Ellis Evans : 1978 to 1996
★ Thomas Charles-Edwards : 1997 to date
References
1. Modern Languages Faculty website (accessed 18 February 2007)
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