Gladstone Professor of Greek

The Gladstone Chair of Greek is an academic position that was one of the original endowments of the foundation of the University of Liverpool in 1881. The Chair was named in recognition of the scholarship of W. E. Gladstone, the British prime minister, and the close association of the Gladstone family with Liverpool.University Chairs and their Holders Past and Present

The chair fell vacant after Professor Long left in 1983 to take up a position in the United States, but was revived in 2017.

Gladstone Professors of Greek 1891–1898: Gerald Henry Rendall 1898–1906: Gilbert Austin Davies 1907–1910: Sir John Lynton Myres 1911–1914: Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Lehmann-Haupt 1919–1921: Alfred Chilton Pearson (subsequently Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University) 1922–1950: Archibald Young Campbell 1950–1972: Arthur Hilary Armstrong 1973–1983: Anthony Arthur Long 1983–2017: Chair vacant 2017–present: Christopher Tuplin

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