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The Chair of Ecclesiastical History of the University of Glasgow is the oldest chair of ecclesiastical history in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1716 by King George I of Great Britain . The Crown granted 100 pounds per year for this purpose.
The Chair of Modern History at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1893 as the Chair of History. In 1956 the title was changed to Modern History to reflect the establishment of the Edwards Chair of Medieval History. It is the second-oldest chair of history in the United Kingdom outside of Oxbridge.
The Chair of Scottish History and Literature at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1913, endowed by a grant from the receipts of the 1911 Scottish Exhibition held in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park, as well as donations from the Merchants House of Glasgow and other donors.
University of Glasgow Professorships at the University of Glasgow can take either of two forms: an established chair or a personal professorship. An established chair is one which has been set up by endowment and is intended to last indefinitely, i.e. that when a chair is vacated, someone else will be appointed to it. Personal professorships are conferred on individuals and exist only so long ...
Dauvit Broun (English: David Brown; born 1961) is a Scottish historian and academic.He is the chair of Scottish history at the University of Glasgow.A specialist in medieval Scottish and Celtic studies, he concentrates primarily on early medieval Scotland, and has written abundantly on the topic of early Scottish king-lists, as well as on literacy, charter-writing, national identity, and on ...
He was Professor of Scottish History and Literature at the University of Glasgow from 1930 to 1957. It was during these years that he wrote The Earlier Tudors 1485-1558 (Oxford University Press). An influential volume, The Earlier Tudors was a new analysis of Tudor administration – the business of government.
Lynn Abrams FBA is a historian and Professor of History at the University of Glasgow, and a Fellow of the British Academy (2018 [1]). She is Chair in Modern History at the University of Glasgow, where her research and teaching interests include the history of women and gender relations in Britain, and oral history. [2]
The following list of University of Glasgow people provides a selection of the well-known people who have studied or taught at the University of Glasgow since its inception in 1451. Historical lists of chancellors , rectors and principals of the university are contained in those offices' respective articles.