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[[File:Warwick Regius Professor of Mathematics royal warrant.jpg|thumb|Royal warrant creating a Regius Chair in Mathematics at the University of Warwick (2013)]]
[[File:Warwick Regius Professor of Mathematics royal warrant.jpg|thumb|Royal warrant creating a Regius Chair in Mathematics at the University of Warwick (2013)]]


A '''Regius Professor''' is a [[university]] [[Professor (highest academic rank)|professor]] who has, or originally had, [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|royal]] patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of [[academia]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The [[Regius Professor of Medicine (Aberdeen)|first Regius Professorship]] was in the field of medicine, and founded by the Scottish King [[James IV of Scotland|James IV]] at the [[University of Aberdeen]] in 1497. Regius chairs have since been instituted in various universities, in disciplines judged to be fundamental and for which there is a continuing and significant need. Each was established by an English, Scottish, or British monarch, and following proper advertisement and interview through the offices of the university and the national government, the current monarch still appoints the professor (except for those at [[Trinity College Dublin]] in Ireland, which left the United Kingdom in 1922). This royal imprimatur, and the relative rarity of these professorships, means a Regius chair is prestigious and highly sought-after.
A '''Regius Professor'''
is a [[university]] [[Professor (highest academic rank)|professor]] who has, or originally had, [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|royal]] patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of [[academia]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The [[Regius Professor of Medicine (Aberdeen)|first Regius Professorship]] was in the field of medicine, and founded by the Scottish King [[James IV of Scotland|James IV]] at the [[University of Aberdeen]] in 1497. Regius chairs have since been instituted in various universities, in disciplines judged to be fundamental and for which there is a continuing and significant need. Each was established by an English, Scottish, or British monarch, and following proper advertisement and interview through the offices of the university and the national government, the current monarch still appoints the professor (except for those at the [[University of Dublin]] in Ireland, which left the United Kingdom in 1922). This royal imprimatur, and the relative rarity of these professorships, means a Regius chair is prestigious and highly sought-after.


Regius Professors are traditionally addressed as "Regius" and not "Professor".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://websitesasksam.com/scripts/as_web7.exe?Command=DocName&File=Osleriana&Name=LoSWO%20Chapter%2023 |title=Cushing, Harvey (1940). The Life of Sir William Osler (volume 1, chapter 23). Oxford: Oxford University Press |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref> The [[University of Glasgow]] currently has the highest number of extant Regius chairs, at fourteen.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_242317_en.html |title=Regius Professor of Law Appointed to the University of Glasgow |publisher=University of Glasgow |date=1 October 2012 |access-date=3 April 2013}}</ref>
Regius Professors are traditionally addressed as "Regius" and not "Professor".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://websitesasksam.com/scripts/as_web7.exe?Command=DocName&File=Osleriana&Name=LoSWO%20Chapter%2023 |title=Cushing, Harvey (1940). The Life of Sir William Osler (volume 1, chapter 23). Oxford: Oxford University Press |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref> The [[University of Glasgow]] currently has the highest number of extant Regius chairs, at fourteen.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_242317_en.html |title=Regius Professor of Law Appointed to the University of Glasgow |publisher=University of Glasgow |date=1 October 2012 |access-date=3 April 2013}}</ref>


Traditionally, Regius Chairs only existed in the seven [[ancient university|ancient universities]] of the UK and Ireland. In October 2012 it was announced that Queen [[Elizabeth II]] would create up to six new Regius Professorships, to be announced in early 2013, to mark her Diamond Jubilee.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Queen to bestow new Regius Professorships on outstanding Universities |date=12 October 2012 |publisher=[[Cabinet Office]] |url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/regius-professorships-universities |access-date=3 April 2013}}</ref> In January 2013 the full list was announced, comprising twelve new chairs, probably the largest number ever created in one year, and more than created in most centuries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/new-regius-professorships-announced-for-12-universities/2001152.article |title=New Regius Professorships announced for 12 universities |magazine=[[Times Higher Education|Times Higher Education Supplement]] |date=29 January 2013 |access-date=3 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=Cabinet Office: The Queen awards prestigious Regius professorships to twelve universities |date=29 January 2013 |publisher=PoliticsHome |url=http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/70924/cabinet_office_the_queen_awards_prestigious_regius_professorships_to_twelve_universities.html |access-date=3 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322001916/http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/70924/cabinet_office_the_queen_awards_prestigious_regius_professorships_to_twelve_universities.html |archive-date=22 March 2014 }}</ref> In July 2015 it was announced that further Regius Professorships would be created to mark the Queen's 90th birthday.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Garner|first1=Richard|title=Budget 2015: Universities will be allowed to raise fees beyond £9,000, says George Osborne|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/budget-2015-universities-will-be-allowed-to-raise-fees-beyond-9000-says-george-osborne-10375910.html|access-date=5 August 2015|work=[[The Independent]]|date=8 July 2015}}</ref>
Traditionally, Regius Chairs only existed in the seven [[ancient university|ancient universities]] of the UK and Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Richard J. |author1-link=Richard J. Evans |title=On her Majesty's scholarly service |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/on-her-majestys-scholarly-service/2001293.article |website=[[Times Higher Education]] |access-date=2 November 2023 |date=7 February 2013}}</ref> In October 2012 it was announced that Queen [[Elizabeth II]] would create up to six new Regius Professorships, to be announced in early 2013, to mark her Diamond Jubilee.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Queen to bestow new Regius Professorships on outstanding Universities |date=12 October 2012 |publisher=[[Cabinet Office]] |url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/regius-professorships-universities |access-date=3 April 2013}}</ref> In January 2013 the full list was announced, comprising twelve new chairs, probably the largest number ever created in one year, and more than created in most centuries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/new-regius-professorships-announced-for-12-universities/2001152.article |title=New Regius Professorships announced for 12 universities |magazine=[[Times Higher Education|Times Higher Education Supplement]] |date=29 January 2013 |access-date=3 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=Cabinet Office: The Queen awards prestigious Regius professorships to twelve universities |date=29 January 2013 |publisher=PoliticsHome |url=http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/70924/cabinet_office_the_queen_awards_prestigious_regius_professorships_to_twelve_universities.html |access-date=3 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322001916/http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/70924/cabinet_office_the_queen_awards_prestigious_regius_professorships_to_twelve_universities.html |archive-date=22 March 2014 }}</ref> In July 2015 it was announced that further Regius Professorships would be created to mark the Queen's 90th birthday.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Garner|first1=Richard|title=Budget 2015: Universities will be allowed to raise fees beyond £9,000, says George Osborne|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/budget-2015-universities-will-be-allowed-to-raise-fees-beyond-9000-says-george-osborne-10375910.html|access-date=5 August 2015|work=[[The Independent]]|date=8 July 2015}}</ref>


==University of Aberdeen==
==University of Aberdeen==
{{See also|List of Professorships at the University of Aberdeen}}
{{See also|List of professorships at the University of Aberdeen}}


*[[Regius Professor of Anatomy (Aberdeen)|Regius Professor of Anatomy]] (1863)
*[[Regius Professor of Anatomy (Aberdeen)|Regius Professor of Anatomy]] (1863)
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== Aston University ==
== Aston University ==
*[[Regius Professor of Pharmacy]]<ref name="Aston University appoints UK’s only Regius Professor of Pharmacy">{{cite web |title=Aston University appoints UK’s only Regius Professor of Pharmacy |url=https://www.aston.ac.uk/latest-news/aston-university-appoints-uks-only-regius-professor-pharmacy |website=Aston University |publisher=Aston University |access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[Regius Professor of Pharmacy]]


== Cardiff University ==
== Cardiff University ==
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*[[Regius Professor of Physic (Cambridge)|Regius Professor of Physic]] (1540)
*[[Regius Professor of Physic (Cambridge)|Regius Professor of Physic]] (1540)


==University of Dublin==
==Trinity College Dublin==
{{See also|list of professorships at the University of Dublin}}
{{See also|list of professorships at the University of Dublin}}
*[[Regius Professor of Divinity#Professors at Dublin|Regius Professor of Divinity]] (1600/1761)

*[[Regius Professor of Physic (Dublin)|Regius Professor of Physic]] (1637?)
*[[Regius Professor of Physic (Dublin)|Regius Professor of Physic]] (1637?)
*[[Erasmus Smith's Professor of Hebrew|Regius Professor of Hebrew]] (1637/1762/1855)
*[[Regius Professor of Laws (Dublin)|Regius Professor of Laws]] (1668)
*[[Regius Professor of Laws (Dublin)|Regius Professor of Laws]] (1668)
*[[Regius Professor of Laws (Dublin)#List of Regius Professors of Feudal and English Law (1761–1934)|Regius Professor of Feudal and English Law]] (1761–1934)
*[[Regius Professor of Greek (Dublin)|Regius Professor of Greek]] (1761)
*[[Regius Professor of Greek (Dublin)|Regius Professor of Greek]] (1761)
*[[Regius Professor of Surgery (Dublin)|Regius Professor of Surgery]] (1852/1868)
*[[Regius Professor of Surgery (Dublin)|Regius Professor of Surgery]] (1852/1868)
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*[[Regius Professor of Medicine (Oxford)|Regius Professor of Medicine]] (1546)
*[[Regius Professor of Medicine (Oxford)|Regius Professor of Medicine]] (1546)
*[[Regius Professor of Greek (Oxford)|Regius Professor of Greek]] (c.1541)
*[[Regius Professor of Greek (Oxford)|Regius Professor of Greek]] (c.1541)
*[[Regius Professor of Modern History (Oxford)|Regius Professor of Modern History]] (1724)
*[[Regius Professor of History (Oxford)|Regius Professor of History]] (1724)
*[[Regius Professor of Mathematics]] (2016)<ref name=":0" />
*[[Regius Professor of Mathematics]] (2016)<ref name=":0" />


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==University of Reading==
==University of Reading==


*[[Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science]] (2013)
*[[Keith Shine|Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science]] (2013)


==University of St Andrews==
==University of St Andrews==
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Royal warrant creating a Regius Chair in Mathematics at the University of Warwick (2013)

A Regius Professor is a university professor who has, or originally had, royal patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of academia in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first Regius Professorship was in the field of medicine, and founded by the Scottish King James IV at the University of Aberdeen in 1497. Regius chairs have since been instituted in various universities, in disciplines judged to be fundamental and for which there is a continuing and significant need. Each was established by an English, Scottish, or British monarch, and following proper advertisement and interview through the offices of the university and the national government, the current monarch still appoints the professor (except for those at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, which left the United Kingdom in 1922). This royal imprimatur, and the relative rarity of these professorships, means a Regius chair is prestigious and highly sought-after.

Regius Professors are traditionally addressed as "Regius" and not "Professor".[1] The University of Glasgow currently has the highest number of extant Regius chairs, at fourteen.[2]

Traditionally, Regius Chairs only existed in the seven ancient universities of the UK and Ireland.[3] In October 2012 it was announced that Queen Elizabeth II would create up to six new Regius Professorships, to be announced in early 2013, to mark her Diamond Jubilee.[4] In January 2013 the full list was announced, comprising twelve new chairs, probably the largest number ever created in one year, and more than created in most centuries.[5][6] In July 2015 it was announced that further Regius Professorships would be created to mark the Queen's 90th birthday.[7]

University of Aberdeen

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Aston University

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Cardiff University

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  • Regius Professor of Chemistry (2016)[11]

University of Cambridge

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Trinity College Dublin

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University of Dundee

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University of Edinburgh

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University of Essex

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University of Glasgow

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Regius Professor of Engineering at Imperial College London

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

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University of Liverpool

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University of London

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University of Manchester

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Newcastle University

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Open University

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University of Oxford

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Queen's University Belfast

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University of Reading

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University of St Andrews

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University of Southampton

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University of Surrey

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University of Warwick

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References

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  1. ^ "Cushing, Harvey (1940). The Life of Sir William Osler (volume 1, chapter 23). Oxford: Oxford University Press". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Regius Professor of Law Appointed to the University of Glasgow". University of Glasgow. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  3. ^ Evans, Richard J. (7 February 2013). "On her Majesty's scholarly service". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Queen to bestow new Regius Professorships on outstanding Universities" (Press release). Cabinet Office. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  5. ^ "New Regius Professorships announced for 12 universities". Times Higher Education Supplement. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Cabinet Office: The Queen awards prestigious Regius professorships to twelve universities" (Press release). PoliticsHome. 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  7. ^ Garner, Richard (8 July 2015). "Budget 2015: Universities will be allowed to raise fees beyond £9,000, says George Osborne". The Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  8. ^ a b c Comrie, John D (1927). "Chapter 9: The Medical School of Aberdeen". History of Scottish Medicine to 1860 (PDF). London: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.
  9. ^ Bulloch, John (1895). A History of the University of Aberdeen 1495-1895. London: Hodder and Stoughton.
  10. ^ "Aston University appoints UK's only Regius Professor of Pharmacy". Aston University. Aston University. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Regius Professorships awarded to leading universities to mark Queen's 90th birthday - Press releases - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  12. ^ "Prof J Iredale". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Patronage of Chairs in Science and Engineering" (PDF). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Imperial names first Regius Professor". Felix. 24 Oct 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2019.