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Regius Professor of Hebrew (Cambridge)

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The Regius Professorship of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge is an ancient academic chair at the University of Cambridge founded by King Henry VIII in 1540.[1] The holder of the chair is the senior academic in Hebrew and Semitics at Cambridge. According to the Royal family, the title of Regius Professor is "a rare honour, designed to reflect an exceptionally high standard of teaching and research at an institution."[2] Regius Professors are appointed by the Crown on the advice of the Prime Minister.[3]

Ely Cathedral as seen from Quanea Drove F in the southwest

When created, the professorship carried a permanent stipend of £40 per year. In 1840 this was increased, with a canonry of Ely Cathedral being attached to the post in perpetuity.[4][5]

List of Regius Professors

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The chair has been held by:

Official coat of arms

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According to a grant of 1590, the office of Regius Professor of "Hebrew" at Cambridge has a coat of arms with the following blazon:[17]

Coat of arms of Regius Professor of Hebrew
Crest
On a wreath "silver and sables," a turtle-dove azure.
Escutcheon
Argent, the Hebrew letter ת (Tawe) sable, on a chief gules, a lion passant guardant or, charged on the side with the letter H sable.

References

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  1. ^ Logan, F. Donald (1977-01). "The origins of the so-called regius professorships: an aspect of the renaissance in Oxford and Cambridge". Studies in Church History. 14: 271–278. doi:10.1017/S0424208400006987. ISSN 0424-2084. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "The Queen awards Regius professorships". www.royal.uk. 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  3. ^ Anonymous (2020-04-30). "Regius professorships". www.lib.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  4. ^ "Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840, Chapter 113".
  5. ^ "First Reading - Hansard - UK Parliament". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  6. ^   'Wakefeld, Thomas', in Dictionary of National Biography (London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900)
  7. ^ Williams, Benjamin (2023-01-01). ""Great Mountains Suspended from Every Single Letter": Thomas Wakefield and His Hebrew Bibles". Christian Hebraism in Sixteenth-Century England: Robert and Thomas Wakefield.
  8. ^ "A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge". March 26 2025. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ Austin, Kenneth (2007). From Judaism to Calvinism: the Life and Writings of Immanuel Tremellius (c. 1510–1580). London: Routledge.
  10. ^ Mihelic, Joseph L. “The Study of Hebrew in England.” Journal of Bible and Religion 14, no. 2 (1946): 94–100. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1457067.
  11. ^ "Stanley Arthur Cook - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  12. ^ Emerton, J. A. (1991). "The Work of David Winton Thomas as a Hebrew Scholar". Vetus Testamentum. 41 (3): 287–303. doi:10.2307/1519069. ISSN 0042-4935.
  13. ^ Williamson, Hugh Godfrey Maturin; Day, John; Gordon, Robert P., eds. (1995), "Biographical note: John Adney Emerton", Wisdom in Ancient Israel, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 287–288, ISBN 978-0-521-62489-3, retrieved 2025-03-26
  14. ^ "Professor Robert P Gordon FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  15. ^ "Publications by Robert P Gordon, Professor of Hebrew, Cambridge". Robert P Gordon. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  16. ^ Khan, Geoffrey (2017-12-04). "Professor Geoffrey Khan". www.ames.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  17. ^ A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1909), pp. 587-588.


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