Samuel Davidson Professor of Old Testament Studies

The Samuel Davidson Professorship of Old Testament Studies is a chair in Old Testament studies at King's College, London (formerly of the University of London). It was established in 1925 and is named after the Irish Biblical scholar Samuel Davidson.^[1]

List of Samuel Davidson Professors

1926 to 1929: George Herbert Box; first incumbent
1930 to 1945: S. H. Hooke
1945 to 1947: Alfred Guillaume
1948 to 1960: W. D. McHardy
1961 to 1982: Peter Ackroyd^[2]^[3]
1983 to 1992: Ronald Clements; first incumbent to be based at King's College London
1992 to 1997: vacant
1997 to 2001: Michael A. Knibb^[4]
2001 to 2012: vacant
2012 to present: Paul Joyce^[5]

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^ "Professor Michael Knibb". The British Academy. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
^ "Professor Paul Joyce". Department of Theology & Religious Studies. King's College London. Retrieved 24 October 2017.