Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge)

The Regius Professorship of Greek is one of the oldest professorships at the University of Cambridge. The Regius Professor chair was founded in 1540[1] by Henry VIII with a stipend of £40 per year, subsequently increased in 1848 by a canonry of Ely Cathedral.

Regius Professors of Greek

Official coat of arms

According to a grant of 1590, the office of Regius Professor of "Greke" at Cambridge has a coat of arms with the following blazon: Per chevron argent and sable, in chief the two Greek letters Alpha and Omega of the second, and in base a cicada (grasshopper) of the first, on a chief gules a lion passant guardant Or, charged on the side with the letter G sable. The crest has an owl.[4]

Coat of arms of Regius Professor of Greek
Crest
on a wreath "silver and sables," an owl argent, legs, beak, and ears or
Escutcheon
Per chevron argent and sable, in chief the two Greek letters Α (Alpha) and Ω (Omega) of the second, and in base a "cicado" or grasshopper of the first, on a chief gules, a lion passant guardant or, charged on the side with the letter G sable.

Sources

  1. ^ "The Regius Professor of Greek" (PDF). University of Cambridge. 2020.
  2. ^ "Elections and appointments". Cambridge University Reporter (5808). 4 May 2000. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Elections and appointments" (PDF). Cambridge University Reporter (6683). 18 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  4. ^ A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1909), pp. 587-588.
  • Concise Dictionary of National Biography
    • Cheke (to 1551), Carr, Dodington (to 1585), Downes (to 1624), Creighton (to 1639), Duport (to 1654), Widdrington, Barrow, Barnes, Fraigneau (to 1750), Francklin (to 1759), Cooke (to 1792), Dobree (to 1725)

See also

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