The West Riding Professorship of Music was established as a named chair at the University of Leeds in 1949 and paid for, initially, by £5,000 annually from the West Riding County Council.A. N. Shimmin, The University of Leeds: The First Half-Century (University of Cambridge Press, 1954), p. 65. The first appointee was J. R. Denny, who took up the chair in 1950."University News", The Times (London), 22 December 1949, p. 2.
List of West Riding Professors of Music 1950–1971: James Runciman Denny, MBE."Denny, James Runciman", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 31 December 2018. 1971–1976: Alexander Goehr."Goehr, Prof. Alexander", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 31 December 2018. 1977–1981: Ian Manson Kemp."University news", The Times, 14 September 1976, p. 16.David Cairns, "Ian Kemp obituary", The Guardian, 19 October 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2018. 1982–2002: Julian Gordon Rushton."Rushton, Prof. Julian Gordon", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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