The Regius Professorship of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge is an ancient academic chair at the University of Cambridge founded by King Henry VIII in 1540.
When created, the professorship carried a permanent stipend of £40 per year. In 1848 this was increased a canonry of Ely Cathedral being attached to the post in perpetuity.
List of Regius Professors
The chair has been held by:
Official coat of arms
According to a grant of 1590, the office of Regius Professor of "Hebrew" at Cambridge has a coat of arms with the following blazon :[ 6]
Coat of arms of Regius Professor of Hebrew
Crest
On a wreath "silver and sables," a turtle-dove azure.
Escutcheon
Argent, the Hebrew letter ת (Tawe) sable, on a chief gules, a lion passant guardant or, charged on the side with the letter H sable.
References
^ 'Wakefeld, Thomas', in Dictionary of National Biography (London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900)
^ "Paul Fagius (FGS549P)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.^ Kenneth Austin, From Judaism to Calvinism: the Life and Writings of Immanuel Tremellius (c. 1510–1580) (2007)
^ Robert Gordon Archived 2009-04-27 at the Wayback Machine at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies^ "Elections" . Cambridge University Reporter . Retrieved 5 September 2019 .^ A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1909), pp. 587-588.
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