Dr Lee's Professorships
The Dr Lee's Professorships are three named statutory professorships of the University of Oxford. They were created in 1919, and are named after Dr Matthew Lee (1695-1755) who had endowed three readerships at Christ Church, Oxford in the 19th Century.[1]
Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy
This professorship is linked with a fellowship at Hertford College, Oxford.
- Arthur Thomson (1919 to ?); first incumbent
- Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark (1934 to ?)
- Ray Guillery (1984 to 1996)
- Dame Kay Davies (1998 to present)
Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry
This professorship is linked with a fellowship at Exeter College, Oxford.
- Frederick Soddy (1919 to 1936); first incumbent
- Sir Cyril Hinshelwood (1937 to ?)
- Sir Rex Richards (1964 to 1969)
- Sir John Shipley Rowlinson (1974 to 1993)
- Jacob Klein (2000 to 2008)
- Dame Carol Robinson (2009 to present); first female chemistry professor at Oxford
Dr Lee's Professor of Experimental Philosophy (Physics)
This professorship is linked with a fellowship at Wadham College, Oxford.
- Frederick Lindemann (1919 to ?); first incumbent
- Sir Francis Simon (1956); died one month after taking up the professorship
- Brebis Bleaney (1957 to 1977)
- Sir William Mitchell (1978 to ?)
- Roger Cowley (1988 to 2007)[2]
- Paolo Radaelli (2008 to present)[3]
References
- ^ "The Lee's Readers". Christ Church. University of Oxford. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ "COWLEY, Roger Arthur (1939 - 2015)". Oxford Index. Oxford University Press. November 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "RADAELLI, Paolo Giuseppe". Oxford Index. Oxford University Press. November 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2016.