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Edinburgh also became the second UK university to create a chair of Linguistics when Angus McIntosh was appointed professor of English Language and General Linguistics in 1948. | Edinburgh also became the second UK university to create a chair of Linguistics when Angus McIntosh was appointed professor of English Language and General Linguistics in 1948. | ||
| − | == Professors of English Language | + | A lectureship in Engish Language was set up in 1919. |
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| + | The Forbes Chair of English Language and General Linguistics was instituted in 1947, with Angus McIntosh (1914-2005) being the first appointee the following year. Following the creation of a discrete Chair of [[Linguistics|General Linguistics]] in 1964, the post became the Forbes Chair of English Language. | ||
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| + | == Professors of English Language == | ||
*1948-1979: [[Angus McIntosh (1914-2005)]] | *1948-1979: [[Angus McIntosh (1914-2005)]] | ||
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*2005-2011: [[April McMahon]] | *2005-2011: [[April McMahon]] | ||
*2013- : [[Bettelou Los]] | *2013- : [[Bettelou Los]] | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | *Alexander Falconer Giles, 'The Faculty of Arts', in A. Logan Turner (ed.), ''History of the University of Edinburgh 1883-1933'' (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1933), pp. 164-238. | ||
| + | *[[University Calendar]] | ||
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| + | [[Category: Academic Units]][[Category: Incomplete]] | ||
Revision as of 11:39, 5 July 2016
Edinburgh also became the second UK university to create a chair of Linguistics when Angus McIntosh was appointed professor of English Language and General Linguistics in 1948.
A lectureship in Engish Language was set up in 1919.
The Forbes Chair of English Language and General Linguistics was instituted in 1947, with Angus McIntosh (1914-2005) being the first appointee the following year. Following the creation of a discrete Chair of General Linguistics in 1964, the post became the Forbes Chair of English Language.
Professors of English Language
- 1948-1979: Angus McIntosh (1914-2005)
- 1979-1988: James Peter Thorne (1933-1988)
- 1990-2004: Charles Jones (1939- )
- 2005-2011: April McMahon
- 2013- : Bettelou Los
Sources
- Alexander Falconer Giles, 'The Faculty of Arts', in A. Logan Turner (ed.), History of the University of Edinburgh 1883-1933 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1933), pp. 164-238.
- University Calendar