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== Beginnings == | == Beginnings == | ||
− | [[John Stuart Blackie (1809-1895)]], Professor of [[Greek]] espoused the causes of educational reform and the Gaelic language, and almost single-handed raised the £12,000 needed to endow the | + | [[John Stuart Blackie (1809-1895)]], Professor of [[Greek]] espoused the causes of educational reform and the Gaelic language, and almost single-handed raised the £12,000 needed to endow the Celtic Chair, which was founded in 1882. |
== List of Professors == | == List of Professors == |
Revision as of 16:07, 15 June 2014
Beginnings
John Stuart Blackie (1809-1895), Professor of Greek espoused the causes of educational reform and the Gaelic language, and almost single-handed raised the £12,000 needed to endow the Celtic Chair, which was founded in 1882.
List of Professors
Donald Mackinnon (1839-1914), 1882-1914
William John Watson (1865-1948), 1914-1938
James Carmichael Watson (1910-1942), 1938-1942
Myles Dillon (1900-1972), 1947-1949
Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (c1910-1991), 1950-1979
Wiliam Gillies, 1979-2009
Rob Dunbar, 2013-