Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford

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academic chair endowed professorship

The Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in astronomy held by leading scholars, historically including figures such as Sir Christopher Wren.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Savilian Professor of Geometry	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic chair ⓘ endowed professorship ⓘ
academicDiscipline	astronomy ⓘ
academicRank	professor ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
employer	University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedByAct	letters patent of King James I ⓘ
field	astronomy ⓘ
foundedBy	Henry Savile ⓘ surface form: Sir Henry Savile
hasAffiliation	Department of Physics, University of Oxford ⓘ
hasChairType	Savilian Chair ⓘ
hasFirstHolder	John Bainbridge ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	one of the oldest science chairs at Oxford ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Statutes of the University of Oxford ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasNotableHolder	Arthur Auwers ⓘ Charles Pritchard ⓘ Chris Lintott ⓘ Christopher Wren ⓘ Donald Lynden-Bell ⓘ Edmund Halley ⓘ Edward Arthur Milne ⓘ Harold Knox-Shaw ⓘ Harry Boot ⓘ Herbert Hall Turner ⓘ James Bradley ⓘ John Wallis ⓘ Joseph Silk ⓘ Martin Rees ⓘ Raymond Arthur Lyttleton ⓘ Steven Balbus ⓘ
hasOriginalEndowment	endowment by Sir Henry Savile ⓘ
hasOriginalEndowmentPurpose	to promote the study of astronomy at Oxford ⓘ
hasResponsibility	research in astronomy ⓘ supervision of graduate students in astronomy ⓘ teaching astronomy ⓘ
hasSelectionMethod	appointment by the University of Oxford ⓘ
hasSisterChair	Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford ⓘ
hasStatus	endowed ⓘ
hasTenure	usually permanent ⓘ
hasWorkLocation	Oxford ⓘ surface form: Oxford, England
inception	1619 ⓘ
isPrestigious	true ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Oxford ⓘ University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Henry Savile ⓘ surface form: Sir Henry Savile
partOf	University of Oxford Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences ⓘ

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Christopher Wren → academicPosition → Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford ⓘ

G. H. Hardy → positionHeld → Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Savilian Professor of Geometry