Professor of Greek (University College London)

The Professorship in Greek was one of the original professorships of University College London (UCL) in 1828. The position was established at the same time as the Professorship in Latin. The inaugural lecture of the first incumbent was delivered on November 1, 1830. The teaching of classical Greek (and Latin) at the new University of London "challenged both the monopoly and the style of Oxbridge classics". Since the Second World War the chair has been occupied by a series of renowned scholars including T. B. L. Webster (who founded the Institute of Classical Studies), Eric Handley, P. E. Easterling, Richard Janko, and Chris Carey. P. E. Easterling is the only woman to have held the position.

List of Holders

The following have held the chair of Greek:For a list of holders until the 1920s, see Hale Bellot, chart 1.

George Long, 1828–1831 Henry Malden, 1831–1876 William Wayte, 1876–1879 Alfred Goodwin, 1879–1892 (also Professor of Latin, 1876–1879 and 1889–1892)For the obituary of Goodwin in the Times, click here: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Times/1892/Obituary/Alfred_Goodwin. Retrieved 25 May 2015. William Wyse, 1892–1894 John Arthur Platt, 1894–1925For a likeness of Platt, click here: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp99547/john-arthur-platt. Retrieved 25 May 2015. Marriott T. Smiley, 1925–1948 T. B. L. Webster, 1948–1968 Eric Handley, 1968–1984 P. E. Easterling, 1987–1994 Richard Janko, 1995–2002 Chris Carey, 2003–2014 Phiroze Vasunia, 2014–presentSee the incumbent's website at https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/44135-phiroze-vasunia. Retrieved 5 May 2025.

References

Sources H. Hale Bellot, University College, London, 1826-1926, London, 1929. George Long, "Observations on the Study of the Latin and Greek Languages" (Inaugural Lecture), 1830. P. G. Naiditch, A. E. Housman at University College, London: the election of 1892, Leiden, 1988. Christopher Stray, Classics Transformed: Schools, Universities, and Society in England, 1830-1960. Oxford, 1998. University of London Calendar

External links Department of Greek and Latin at UCL