Regius Professor of Greek (Dublin)

The '''Regius Professorship of Greek''' is a [[List of Professorships at the University of Dublin|professorship]] at [[Trinity College Dublin]]. The chair was founded by [[George III of Great Britain|George III]] in 1761.

The '''Regius Professorship of Greek''' is a [[List of Professorships at the University of Dublin|professorship]] at [[Trinity College Dublin]]. The chair was founded by [[George III of Great Britain|George III]] in 1761.

By statute, the Regius Professor was originally always appointed from among the existing senior fellows of the college, and the position was often only held for a few years at a time, with a salary that was not high, with the result that the study of Greek at the college was relatively neglected. In 1855, the professorship was remodelled by statute so that the holder of the position could be appointed on a permanent basis, beginning with the appointment of [[Thomas Stack (scholar)|Thomas Stack]], one of the college's junior fellows.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=MacDowell|first1=R. B.|last2=Webb|first2=D. A.|title=Trinity College, Dublin, 1592-1952: an academic history|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1982|page=59, 61, 100}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=The Irish University|date=29 December 1855|work=The Leader|url=https://ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2121/page/2/articles/ar00202/}}</ref>

By statute, the Regius Professor was originally always appointed from among the existing senior fellows of the college, and the position was often only held for a few years at a time, with a salary that was not high, with the result that the study of Greek at the college was relatively neglected. In 1855, the professorship was remodelled by statute so that the holder of the position could be appointed on a permanent basis, beginning with the appointment of [[Thomas Stack (scholar)|Thomas Stack]], one of the college's junior fellows.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=MacDowell|first1=R. B.|last2=Webb|first2=D. A.|title=Trinity College, Dublin, 1592-1952: An Academic History|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1982|page=59, 61, 100|url=https://archive.org/details/trinitycollegedu0000mcdo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=The Irish University|date=29 December 1855|work=The Leader|url=https://ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2121/page/2/articles/ar00202/}}</ref>

In the twentieth century, the position was held for forty years by [[William Bedell Stanford]], a noted authority on classical Greek literature, who also represented Dublin University in [[Seanad Éireann]].

In the twentieth century, the position was held for forty years by [[William Bedell Stanford]], a noted authority on classical Greek literature, who also represented Dublin University in [[Seanad Éireann]].

==List of Regius Professors of Greek==

==List of Regius Professors of Greek==

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* 1761: [[Theaker Wilder]]<ref>The list of professors up to J. B. Bury is drawn from {{Cite book|title=The Dublin University Calendar for the Year 1900|date=1900|publisher=Hodges, Figgis, and Co.|page=472}}</ref>

* 1761: [[Theaker Wilder]]<ref>The list of professors up to J. B. Bury is drawn from {{Cite book|title=The Dublin University Calendar for the Year 1900|date=1900|publisher=Hodges, Figgis, and Co.|page=472|url=https://archive.org/details/calendar1900trinuoft/page/472/mode/2up}}</ref>

* 1764: [[John Stokes (Irish mathematician)|John Stokes]]

* 1764: [[John Stokes (Irish mathematician)|John Stokes]]

* 1775: [[Henry Joseph Dabzac]]

* 1775: [[Henry Joseph Dabzac]]

* 1902: [[John Isaac Beare]]

* 1902: [[John Isaac Beare]]

* 1915: [[Josiah Gilbert Smyly]]

* 1915: [[Josiah Gilbert Smyly]]

* 1927: [[G. W. Mooney]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stanford|first=William Bedell|title=Classical Studies in Trinity College, Dublin, since the Foundation|journal=Hermathena|volume=57|date=1941|pages=3–24}}</ref>

* 1927: [[G. W. Mooney]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stanford|first=William Bedell|title=Classical Studies in Trinity College, Dublin, since the Foundation|journal=Hermathena|volume=57|date=1941|pages=3–24|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23037614}}</ref>

* 1933: [[W. A. Goligher]]

* 1933: [[W. A. Goligher]]

* 1940: [[William Bedell Stanford]]

* 1940: [[William Bedell Stanford]]