J. R. R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language
The J. R. R. Tolkien Professorship of English Literature and Language was established at the University of Oxford in 1980 and named after the author, poet, philologist and academic J. R. R. Tolkien. The inaugural holder was Douglas Gray.[1]
List of J. R. R. Tolkien Professors
- 1980–1997: Douglas Gray, FBA[2]
- 1998–2003: Paul H. Strohm[3]
- 2004–present: Vincent Gillespie, FBA, FSA, FRHistS[4]
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References
- "Remembering Douglas Gray, FBA", Faculty of English, University of Oxford, 14 December 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- "Gray, Prof. Douglas", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- "Strohm, Prof. Paul Holzworth", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- "Prof Vincent Gillespie", Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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