Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge

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Regius-level theology chair academic chair professorship

The Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge is one of the oldest and most prestigious chairs in theology at the University of Cambridge, endowed in the early 16th century and long associated with leading scholars of Christian thought.

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Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Regius-level theology chair ⓘ academic chair ⓘ professorship ⓘ
academicDiscipline	divinity ⓘ theology ⓘ
associatedWith	Anglican theology ⓘ Christian thought ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ doctrinal theology ⓘ historical theology ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
endowedBy	Margaret Beaufort ⓘ surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
fieldOfStudy	Christian theology ⓘ
fundedBy	endowment ⓘ
hasAcademicRank	professor ⓘ
hasCategory	Chairs in theology ⓘ Professorships at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
hasHolder	C. H. Dodd ⓘ David F. Ford ⓘ Denys Turner ⓘ Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam (associated with Lady Margaret foundations, not as formal holder) Fenton John Anthony Hort ⓘ Graham Ward (note: associated with similar chairs, check specific appointment) ⓘ John Pearson ⓘ John Redman ⓘ Joseph Barber Lightfoot ⓘ Judith Lieu ⓘ Morna Dorothy Hooker ⓘ Nicholas of Lyra ⓘ surface form: Nicholas de Lyra (historical association of tradition, not as holder) Sarah Coakley ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasReputation	historically influential in Anglican and ecumenical theology ⓘ prestigious ⓘ
hasTenure	usually held as a permanent chair until retirement ⓘ
inception	early 16th century ⓘ
influences	Christian theological education in the United Kingdom ⓘ global scholarship in Christian thought ⓘ
locatedIn	Cambridge, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridge Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridgeshire England ⓘ Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
namedAfter	Margaret Beaufort ⓘ surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
notableFor	being one of the oldest chairs in theology at the University of Cambridge ⓘ prestige in Christian theological scholarship ⓘ
partOf	University of Cambridge chairs ⓘ
relatedTo	Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford ⓘ surface form: Lady Margaret’s Professorship of Divinity at Oxford Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge ⓘ surface form: Regius Professorship of Divinity (Cambridge)
selectionMethod	appointment by the University of Cambridge ⓘ

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Margaret Beaufort → commissioned → Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge ⓘ