Waynflete Professorships
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The Waynflete Professorships are four professorial fellowships at the University of Oxford
endowed by Magdalen College
and named in honour of the college founder William of Waynflete, who had a great interest in science. These professorships are statutory professorships of the University, that is, they are professorships established in the university's regulations, and which are by those regulations attached to Magdalen College in particular. The oldest professorship is the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy. The three science professorships were created following the recommendation of the University Commission in 1857, in recognition of William of Waynflete's lifetime support of science. The professorships are the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry, the Waynflete Professor of Physiology, and the Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics.
ship in Logic, the White’s Professorship of Moral Philosophy, the Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy
, as well as the untitled professorship in Ancient Philosophy.
Currently incomplete
were four consecutive Waynflete Professors of Chemistry, from its foundation in 1916 as the University's research centre for organic chemistry to its retirement in 2003.
University of Oxford
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endowed by Magdalen College
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
and named in honour of the college founder William of Waynflete, who had a great interest in science. These professorships are statutory professorships of the University, that is, they are professorships established in the university's regulations, and which are by those regulations attached to Magdalen College in particular. The oldest professorship is the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy. The three science professorships were created following the recommendation of the University Commission in 1857, in recognition of William of Waynflete's lifetime support of science. The professorships are the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry, the Waynflete Professor of Physiology, and the Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics.
Waynflete Professors of Metaphysical Philosophy
This Waynflete Professorship is one of five statutory professorships in philosophy at the University of Oxford, the other four being the Wykeham ProfessorWykeham Professor
The University of Oxford has three statutory professorships named after William of Wykeham.-Logic:The Wykeham Professorship in Logic was established in 1859, although it was not known as the Wykeham chair until later...
ship in Logic, the White’s Professorship of Moral Philosophy, the Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy
Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy
The Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy is an academic of the University of Oxford.The position was initially established as a readership and was converted to a professorship in 2000, on the recommendation of the Literae Humaniores Board and with the concurrence of the General Board.According to...
, as well as the untitled professorship in Ancient Philosophy.
Currently incomplete
- 1859–1867 Henry Longueville ManselHenry Longueville ManselThe Very Reverend Henry Longueville Mansel, D.D. was an English philosopher and ecclesiastic.He was born at Cosgrove, Northamptonshire .He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London and St John's College, Oxford...
- 1867–1889 Henry William ChandlerHenry William ChandlerHenry William Chandler was an English classical scholar.He was born in London. In 1848 he entered Pembroke College, Oxford, where he was elected fellow in 1853. In 1867 he succeeded Henry Longueville Mansel as Waynflete professor of moral and metaphysical philosophy, and in 1884 was appointed...
- 1889–1910 Thomas Case
- 1910–1936 John Alexander SmithJohn Alexander SmithJohn Alexander Smith was an Idealist philosopher, who was the Jowett Lecturer of philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford, 1896 - 1910, and Waynflete Professor of Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy, carrying a Fellowship at Magdalen College in the same university, from 1910 to 1936.Smith was educated...
- 1936–1941 R. G. CollingwoodR. G. CollingwoodRobin George Collingwood was a British philosopher and historian. He was born at Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands in Lancashire, the son of the academic W. G. Collingwood, and was educated at Rugby School and at University College, Oxford, where he read Greats...
- 1945–1967 Gilbert RyleGilbert RyleGilbert Ryle , was a British philosopher, a representative of the generation of British ordinary language philosophers that shared Wittgenstein's approach to philosophical problems, and is principally known for his critique of Cartesian dualism, for which he coined the phrase "the ghost in the...
- 1968–1987 P. F. StrawsonP. F. StrawsonSir Peter Frederick Strawson FBA was an English philosopher. He was the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1968 to 1987. Before that he was appointed as a college lecturer at University College, Oxford in 1947 and became a tutorial fellow the...
- 1989–2000 Christopher PeacockeChristopher PeacockeChristopher Arthur Bruce Peacocke is a philosopher especially known for his work in philosophy of mind and epistemology...
- 2003–2006 Dorothy EdgingtonDorothy EdgingtonDorothy Edgington is a philosopher active in metaphysics and philosophical logic. She was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 2003 to 2006. Before moving to Oxford Edgington taught for many years at Birkbeck College, London and now teaches there again...
- 2006– John HawthorneJohn HawthorneJohn Hawthorne is the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Oxford University, though he continues to teach on a visiting basis at Princeton University...
Waynflete Professors of Chemistry
The four heads of the Dyson Perrins LaboratoryDyson Perrins Laboratory
The Dyson Perrins Laboratory in the science area of the University of Oxford was the main centre for research into organic chemistry of the University from its foundation in 1916 until its closure as a laboratory in 2003...
were four consecutive Waynflete Professors of Chemistry, from its foundation in 1916 as the University's research centre for organic chemistry to its retirement in 2003.
- 1865–1872 Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 2nd BaronetSir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 2nd BaronetSir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 2nd Baronet FRS was an English chemist.Brodie was the son of Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne , and was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford...
- 1872–1912 William OdlingWilliam OdlingWilliam Odling, FRS was an English chemist who contributed to the development of the periodic table....
- 1912–1930 William Henry Perkin, Jr.William Henry Perkin, Jr.William Henry Perkin, Jr. was an English organic chemist who was primarily known for his groundbreaking research work on the degradation of naturally occurring organic compounds.-Early life:...
, first head of Dyson Perrins LaboratoryDyson Perrins LaboratoryThe Dyson Perrins Laboratory in the science area of the University of Oxford was the main centre for research into organic chemistry of the University from its foundation in 1916 until its closure as a laboratory in 2003...
; - 1930–1954 Sir Robert Robinson
- 1954–1978 Ewart Jones
- 1978–2005 Sir Jack Baldwin, last head of Dyson Perrins LaboratoryDyson Perrins LaboratoryThe Dyson Perrins Laboratory in the science area of the University of Oxford was the main centre for research into organic chemistry of the University from its foundation in 1916 until its closure as a laboratory in 2003...
; - 2006– Stephen G. DaviesStephen G. DaviesStephen Graham "Steve" Davies is a British chemist and the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford.- Career :...
, ex-Chairman of Chemistry.
Waynflete Professors of Physiology
- 1882–1905 John Scott Burdon-SandersonJohn Scott Burdon-SandersonSir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, Bt., F.R.S. was an English physiologist born near Newcastle upon Tyne. A member of a well known Northumbrian family, he received his medical education at the University of Edinburgh and at Paris...
- 1905–1913 Francis GotchFrancis GotchFrancis Gotch was a British neurophysiologist who was professor of physiology at University College Liverpool and Oxford University.He was educated at London University....
- 1913–1935 Charles Scott SherringtonCharles Scott SherringtonSir Charles Scott Sherrington, OM, GBE, PRS was an English neurophysiologist, histologist, bacteriologist, and a pathologist, Nobel laureate and president of the Royal Society in the early 1920s...
- 1936–1939 John Mellanby
- 1940–1960 Edward George Tandy Liddell
- 1960–1967 George Lindor BrownGeorge Lindor BrownSir George Lindor Brown was an English physiologist and secretary of the Royal Society, of which he was elected a Fellow in 1946.He was commonly referred to as Sir Lindor Brown; by his own preference....
- 1968–1979 David Whitteridge
- 1979–2007 Colin BlakemoreColin BlakemoreProfessor Colin Blakemore, Ph.D., FRS, FMedSci, HonFSB, HonFRCP, is a British neurobiologist who is Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and University of Warwick specialising in vision and the development of the brain. He was formerly Chief Executive of the British Medical...
- 2008– Gero MiesenböckGero MiesenböckGero Miesenböck is Waynflete Professor of Physiology at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Magdalen College. A native of Austria, he received his M.D. from the University of Innsbruck and undertook postdoctoral training with James Rothman...
Waynflete Professors of Pure Mathematics
- 1892–1921 Edwin Bailey ElliottEdwin Bailey ElliottEdwin Bailey Elliott FRS was a mathematician who worked on invariant theory. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1891. He wrote the book on invariant theory.-Bibliography:...
- 1922–1945 Arthur Lee DixonArthur Lee DixonArthur Lee Dixon FRS was a British mathematician and holder of the Waynflete Professorship of Pure Mathematics at the University of Oxford. The younger brother of Alfred Cardew Dixon, he was educated at Kingswood School and Worcester College, Oxford, becoming a Tutorial Fellow at Merton College in...
- 1947–1960 J. H. C. WhiteheadJ. H. C. WhiteheadJohn Henry Constantine Whitehead FRS , known as Henry, was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. He was born in Chennai , in India, and died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1960....
- 1960–1984 Graham HigmanGraham HigmanGraham Higman FRS was a leading British mathematician. He is known for his contributions to group theory....
- 1984–2006 Daniel Quillen
- 2007– Raphaël RouquierRaphaël RouquierRaphaël Alexis Marcel Rouquier is a French mathematician and the Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Oxford.- Education :Rouquier was born in Étampes, France....