Regius Professor

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A Regius Professor is a

Regius Professors are traditionally addressed as "Regius" and not "Professor".[1] The University of Glasgow currently has the highest number of extant Regius chairs, at fourteen.^[2]

Traditionally, Regius Chairs only existed in the seven ancient universities of the UK and Ireland.^[3] In October 2012 it was announced that Queen Elizabeth II would create up to six new Regius Professorships, to be announced in early 2013, to mark her Diamond Jubilee.^[4] In January 2013 the full list was announced, comprising twelve new chairs, probably the largest number ever created in one year, and more than created in most centuries.^[5][6] In July 2015 it was announced that further Regius Professorships would be created to mark the Queen's 90th birthday.^[7]

University of Aberdeen

• Regius Professor of Anatomy (1863)
• Regius Professor of Botany
• Regius Professor of English Literature
• Regius Professor of Greek
• Regius Professor of Humanity, formerly Regius Professor of Classics
• Regius Professor of Logic
• Regius Professor of Mathematics (1703)
• Regius Professor of Medicine, formerly Regius Professor of Materia Medica (1858)^[8]: 159
• Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy
• Regius Professor of Natural History
• Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, formerly Regius Professor of Midwifery (1858)^[8]
  ^: 159
• Regius Professor of Pathology
• Regius Professor of Physiology (1858)^[8]: 159
• Regius Professor of Surgery (1839)^[9]: 189

Aston University

• Regius Professor of Pharmacy^[10]

Cardiff University

• Regius Professor of Chemistry (2016)^[11]

University of Cambridge

• Regius Professor of Botany (1724/2009)
• Regius Professor of Civil Law (1540)
• Regius Professor of Divinity (1540)
• Regius Professor of Engineering (2011)
• Regius Professor of Greek (1540)
• Regius Professor of Hebrew (1540)
• Regius Professor of History (1724)
• Regius Professor of Physic (1540)

Trinity College Dublin

• Regius Professor of Divinity (1600/1761)
• Regius Professor of Physic (1637?)
• Regius Professor of Hebrew (1637/1762/1855)
• Regius Professor of Laws (1668)
• Regius Professor of Feudal and English Law (1761–1934)
• Regius Professor of Greek (1761)
• Regius Professor of Surgery (1852/1868)

University of Dundee

• Regius Professor of Life Sciences (2013)

University of Edinburgh

• Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations
  (1707)
• Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature
  (1762)
• Regius Professor of Astronomy (1785)
• Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery
  (1803)
• Regius Professor of Medical Science^[12]
• Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine
  (1807)
• Regius Professor of Sanskrit
  (1862) (now the Regius Professor of South Asian Language, Culture and Society)
• Regius Professor of Engineering (1868)
• Regius Professor of Geology (1871)
• Regius Chair of Plant Science^[13]

University of Essex

• Regius Professor of Political Science (2013)

University of Glasgow

• Regius Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics
  (1637/1713)
• Regius Professor of Materia Medica
  (1831–1989) (merged with the Regius chair in Medicine and Therapeutics)
• Regius Professor of Law (1713)
• Regius Professor of Anatomy (1718)
• Regius Professor of Astronomy (1760)
• Regius Professor of Zoology
  (1807)
• Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1815)
• Regius Professor of Surgery (1815)
• Regius Professor of Chemistry (1817)
• Regius Professor of Botany (1818)
• Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine (1839)
• Regius Professor of Physiology (1839)
• Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics (1840)
• Regius Professor of English Language and Literature
  (1861)
• Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History (1716–1935) (ceased being a Regius chair in 1935)
• Regius Professor of Precision Medicine (2016)^[11]
• Regius Professor of Law 2012

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

• Regius Professor of Engineering (2013)^[14]
• Regius Professor of Infectious Disease (2016)^[11]

University of Liverpool

• Regius Professor of Chemistry (2016)^[11]

University of London

• Institute of Cancer Research
  )
• Regius Professor of Psychiatry (2013) (Based at King's College London
  )
• LSE
  )
• Regius Professor of Music (2013) (Based at Royal Holloway)

University of Manchester

• Regius Professor of Physics (2013)
• Regius Professor of Materials (2016)^[11]

Newcastle University

• Regius Professor of Ageing (2016)^[11]

Open University

• Regius Professor of Open Education (2013)

University of Oxford

• Regius Professor of Civil Law (c.1540)
• Regius Professor of Divinity (1535)
• Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology (1842)
• Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History (1842)
• Regius Professor of Hebrew (1546)
• Regius Professor of Medicine (1546)
• Regius Professor of Greek (c.1541)
• Regius Professor of History (1724)
• Regius Professor of Mathematics (2016)^[11]

Queen's University Belfast

• Regius Professor of Electronics & Computer Engineering (2016)^[11]

University of Reading

• Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science (2013)

University of St Andrews

• Regius Professor of Mathematics (1668)

University of Southampton

• Regius Professor of Computer Science
  (2013)
• Regius Professorship in Ocean Sciences (2016)^[11]

University of Surrey

• Regius Professor of Electronic Engineering (2013)

University of Warwick

• Regius Professor of Mathematics (2013)
• Regius Professor of Manufacturing (2016)^[11]

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