Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy
The Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy is the name of a chair at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford.
The Sedleian Chair was founded by Sir William Sedley who, by his will dated 20 October 1618, left the sum of ₤2,000 to the University of Oxford for purchase of lands for its endowment. Sedley's bequest took effect in 1621 with the purchase of an estate at Waddesdon in Buckinghamshire to produce the necessary income. It is regarded as the oldest of the scientific chairs.
List of Sedleian Professors
Edward Lapworth, 1621–1638
John Edwards, 1638–1648
Joshua Crosse, 1648–1660
Thomas Willis, 1660–1675
Thomas Millington, 1675–1704
James Fayrer, 1704–1719
Hon Charles Bertie, 1719–1741
Joseph Browne, 1741–1767
Benjamin Wheeler, 1767–1782
Thomas Hornsby, 1782–1810
George Leigh Cooke, 1810–1853
Bartholomew Price, 1853–1898
Augustus Love, 1899–1940
vacant 1940–1946
Sydney Chapman, 1946–1953
George Frederick James Temple, 1953–1968
Albert E. Green, 1968–1977
Thomas Brooke Benjamin, 1979–1995
John Macleod Ball, 1996–
References
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, articles on Lapworth, Edwards, Wallis, Millington, Browne, Hornsby, Cooke, Price, Love, Chapman, Temple, Brook Benjamin.
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