King Alfred Chair of English Literature
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The King Alfred Chair of English Literature was founded at the University of Liverpool
, England
in 1881.
The holders of the chair have been:
University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in 1881.
The holders of the chair have been:
- 1881-1889: A.C. BradleyAndrew Cecil BradleyAndrew Cecil Bradley was an English literary scholar, best remembered for his work on Shakespeare.-Life:...
- 1890-1900: Walter RaleighWalter Raleigh (professor)Professor Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh was an English scholar, poet and author.He was born in London, the fifth child and only son of a local Congregationalist minister...
- 1901-1925: Oliver EltonOliver EltonOliver Elton was an English literary scholar whose works include A Survey of English Literature in six volumes, criticism, biography, and translations from several languages including Icelandic and Russian...
- 1929-1951: Leonard MartinLeonard MartinLeonard Jack Martin was a British sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was a crew member of the British boat Lalage which won the gold medal in the 6 metre class.-External links:...
- 1951-1974: Kenneth MuirKenneth Muir (scholar)Kenneth Arthur Muir was a twentieth-century literary scholar and author, prominent in the fields of Shakespeare studies and English Renaissance theatre...
- 1974-1990: Philip Edwards
- 1991-2003: Jonathan BateJonathan BateJonathan Bate CBE FBA FRSL is a British academic, biographer, critic, broadcaster, novelist and scholar of Shakespeare, Romanticism and Ecocriticism...
- 2004-present: David CorcoranDavid CorcoranDavid Corcoran is a former Australian rules football umpire who umpired in the Australian Football League.-WAFL:Corcoran began his senior umpiring career with the West Australian Football League where he umpired his first league match in 1998. Corcoran umpired 115 WAFL league matches between 1998...