The Camden Professorship of Ancient History at the University of Oxford was established in 1622 by English antiquary and historian William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms, and endowed with the income of the manor of Bexley, becoming the first and oldest chair of history in England. Since 1877 it has been attached to Brasenose College, and since 1910 it has been limited to Roman history.
List of Camden Professors List of holders of the chair since its foundation: Degory Wheare 1622–1647 Robert Waryng 1647–1648 Lewis du Moulin 1648–1660 John Lamphire 1660–1688 Henry Dodwell 1688–1691 Charles Aldworth 1691–1720 Sedgwick Harrison 1720–1727 Richard Frewin 1727–1761 John Warneford 1761–1773 William Scott (later Lord Stowell) 1773–1785 Thomas Warton 1785–1790 Thomas Winstanley 1790–1823 Peter Elmsley 1823–1825 Edward Cardwell 1825–1861 George Rawlinson 1861–1889 Henry Francis Pelham 1889–1907 Francis John Haverfield 1907–1919 Henry Stuart Jones 1920–1927 John Anderson 1927–1936 Hugh Last 1936–1949 Ronald Syme 1949–1970 Peter Brunt 1970–1982 Fergus Millar 1984–2002 Alan Bowman 2002–2010 Nicholas Purcell 2011–2023 Valentina Arena 2024–
References
Sources The Historical Register of the University of Oxford, 1220–1900. OUP The Foundation and History of the Camden Chair: lecture by Prof H Stuart Jones, 1922