Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History
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The Dixie Professorship of Ecclesiastical History is one of the senior professorships in history
at the University of Cambridge
.
Lord Mayor of London
in the 16th century, Sir Wolstan Dixie
, left funds to found both scholarships and fellowships at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
. In 1878 the fellowships were abolished and replaced by the professorship that still bears his name.
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
.
Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor of London
The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...
in the 16th century, Sir Wolstan Dixie
Wolstan Dixie
Sir Wolstan Dixie, , was a merchant and administrator, and Lord Mayor of London in 1585.-Life:He was the son of Thomas Dixie and Anne Jephson, who lived at Catworth in Huntingdonshire. Wolstan was the fourth son of his father, and went into business...
, left funds to found both scholarships and fellowships at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
. In 1878 the fellowships were abolished and replaced by the professorship that still bears his name.
Dixie Professors
- Mandell CreightonMandell CreightonMandell Creighton , was a British historian and a bishop of the Church of England. A scholar of the Renaissance papacy, Creighton was the first occupant of the Dixie Chair of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge, a professorship that was established around the time that the study...
(1884) - Henry Melvill GwatkinHenry Melvill GwatkinReverend Henry Melvill Gwatkin was an English theologian and church historian.He was born at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge...
(1891-1912) - James Pounder WhitneyJames Pounder WhitneyJames Pounder Whitney was a British ecclesiastical historian.Educated at King James's Grammar School, Almondbury and Owens College, Manchester, he was a foundation scholar at King's College, Cambridge, gaining firsts in the mathematics and history triposes in 1881...
(1919-1939) - Norman SykesNorman SykesNorman A.J. Sykes was a professional footballer who played in The Football League for Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Stockport County, and Doncaster Rovers between 1953 and 1967....
(1944) - William Owen Chadwick (1958)
- Ernest Gordon RuppErnest Gordon RuppErnest Gordon Rupp, . was a Methodist preacher, historian and Luther scholar.-Early life and education:Rupp attended Owen's School in Islington area of London...
(1968) - Christopher Nugent Lawrence BrookeChristopher N. L. BrookeChristopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke, MA, Litt.D, CBE, FBA is a British medieval historian. He is the son of Zachary Nugent Brooke.Brooke taught at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, from 1977 to 1994...
(1977) - Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-SmithJonathan Riley-SmithJonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith, K.St.J., Ph.D. MA, Litt.D., FRHistS is an historian of the Crusades, and a former Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History...
(1994) - David James Maxwell (2011)