The University of Oxford has three statutory professorships named after William of Wykeham, who founded New College.
Logic The Wykeham Professorship in Logic was established in 1859, although it was not known as the Wykeham chair until later. Its first chair was Henry Wall.
List of holders of post Henry Wall, 1849?–1870 Thomas Fowler, 1873–1889 John Cook Wilson, 1889–1915 Harold Henry Joachim, 1919–1935 Henry Habberley Price, 1935–1959 Alfred Jules Ayer, 1959–1978 Michael Dummett, 1979–1992 David Wiggins, 1993–2000 Timothy Williamson, 2000–2023 Richard Pettigrew, 2026–
Ancient history The Wykeham Professorship of Ancient History was established in 1910. It concentrates on Greek history to avoid possible duplication with the far older Camden Professorship of Ancient History, which focuses primarily on Roman history.
List of holders of post J. L. Myres, 1910–1939 Theodore Wade-Gery, 1939–1953 Antony Andrewes, 1953–1977 W. G. (George) Forrest, 1977–1992 Robert Parker, 1996–2016 Nino Luraghi, 2018–present
Physics The Wykeham Professorship of Physics is the only endowed chair in the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford. This professorship is associated with New College.
List of holders of post John Sealy Townsend, 1900–1941 Maurice Pryce, 1946–1955 Willis Lamb, 1957–1962 Sir Rudolf Peierls, 1963–1974 Sir Roger Elliott, 1974–1988 David Sherrington, 1989–2008 Shivaji Sondhi, 2021–present.
Tencent Chair of Theoretical Physics In February 2021 The Times reported that the Wykeham Professorship of Physics was to be renamed "Tencent-Wykeham Professorship of Physics" following a donation, but the University later said the Wykeham Professorship of Physics will not be renamed; instead the current holder will also be given a separate post called "Tencent Chair of Theoretical Physics" to run concurrently with his Wykeham post.
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