Disney Professorship of Archaeology

The Disney Professorship of Archaeology, also known as the Disney Chair is a professorship in the University of Cambridge. It was endowed with a donation of £1,000 by John Disney in 1851, followed by a further £3,500 in a bequest at his death.

John Disney is unrelated to Walt Disney.

Table of contents

1 Incumbents of the Disney Professorship of Archaeology 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

Incumbents of the Disney Professorship of Archaeology

• Colin Renfrew, 1981-2004
• Glyn Daniel, 1974-1981
• Grahame Clark, 1952-1974
• Dorothy Garrod, 1938-1952
• Sir Ellis Minns, 1926-1938
• Sir William Ridgeway, 1892-1926
• The Reverend George Brown, 1887-1892
• Percy Gardner, 1879-1887
• Churchill Babington, 1865-1879
• The Reverend John Marsden, 1851-1865
• John Disney, 1851

References

• Tilley, C.Y., 1989, Discourse and power: The genre of the Cambridge inaugural lecture. In Miller, D., Rowlands, M., and Tilley, C.Y. (Eds), Domination and Resistance. London: Routledge.

See also

• List of Professorships at the University of Cambridge

External links

• Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge

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