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and the elegance of the expression are remarkable." Failure to deliver a lecture on an appointed day would be marked with a fine of 20 shillings, unless the professor was very ill or had an urgent reason for absence approved by the vice-chancellor. Laud required the lecturer to speak without using "a hurried enunciation, but make all his statements in such a way that they may be readily taken down in writing by his hearers", and to remain after the lecture to listen to any questions "with kindness, and solve the difficulties and doubts mooted." Although all
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successful, even though none of the people recommending him made any mention of whether he knew any Arabic. As professor, Margoliouth taught the syllabus for the final examinations in lectures over two years, regardless of the stage that students had reached, and regarded it as bad luck if a student had to tackle the more difficult texts in one year and the easier texts in the next.
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After reforms of the university during the second half of the 19th century, a university statute of 1881 set out the professor's duties and entitlements, and who should form the board appointing a new professor. It stated that "The
Laudian Professor of Arabic shall lecture and give instruction on the
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and all medical students at the university were required to attend, this does not seem to have happened: Pococke only had a few students in the years that he was in Oxford. Laud's statutes provided that a student failing to attend the lecture without gaining the approval of the vice-chancellor would
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Oriental Studies, and was highly regarded as a teacher and scholar with a wide range of knowledge. Arabic expanded as an academic subject at Oxford after the Second World War, as students returned from the war with experience of the Middle East, with
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for researchβand 1939, there were few post-graduate students, and only one or two undergraduates took Arabic in final examinations each year. The subject grew in popularity after the Second World War: Gibb had an international reputation that attracted foreign students, while others from the United
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in 1887. The electoral board had met to select a successor, but were unable to make a suitable appointment, and so obtained the permission of the university authorities to adjourn. When the board resumed in 1889, one of the previous applicants, David
Margoliouth, re-applied for the position and was
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University regulations introduced by Laud prescribed that the professor was to lecture for one hour every
Wednesday between university terms at 9am (and during Lent at 8am) on Arabic grammar and literature, using "the work of some approved and ancient author, in which the proprities of the language
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when Laud asked him to return to Oxford to take up the position. Laud's regulations for the professorship required lectures on Arabic grammar and literature to be delivered weekly during university vacations and Lent. He also provided that the professor's lectures were to be attended by all medical
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as "a mediocre orientalist", who carried out little teaching despite having significant linguistic skills. He had a strong intellectual interest in oriental languages and peoples, although his inability to finish work meant that he published little. Although he carried out his work at Oxford in a
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led to the parliamentary committee supervising the university to order his removal from both professorships. However, the committee was persuaded to stay the order until a replacement could be found, and it was never implemented. Pococke has been described as "the finest
European Arabist of his
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Laudian professorship. The University Council is now empowered to make appropriate arrangements for
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of north Africa) by provision of the professorship, and had shown "untiring munificence" in endowing the chair. Laud reserved to himself the right to appoint subsequent professors during his lifetime, and afterwards provided for professors to be appointed by the
President of
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Scottish clergyman, published little: the only work that he is known to have authored was a pamphlet, "Observations on the defence of the Church Missionary Society against the objections of the Archdeacon of Bath" (1818), although he also edited a couple of
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at the university, although this seems not to have happened since
Pococke had few students, despite the provision for non-attenders to be fined. In 1881, a university statute repealed Laud's regulations and provided that the professor was to lecture in "the Arabic,
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In 2016, the university received a large donation from
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Feingold, Mordechai (1997). Tyacke, Nicholas (ed.).
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2285:. University of Oxford. 31 May 2012. Archived from
1753:"Gibb, Sir Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen (1895β1971)"
438:time ... and among the greatest of all time."
433:in 1648, but his refusal to promise loyalty to the
161:The position of Laudian Professor of Arabic at the
1161:List of professorships at the University of Oxford
772:texts. Reay was appointed Under-Librarian at the
134:have received high praise for their scholarship.
1652:"A human chain that stretches back into history"
642:, but retained his professorship, also becoming
93:Languages", and attached the professorship to a
2140:Margoliouth, D. S.; Baigent, Elizabeth (2004).
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1950:Carlyle, E. I.; Carter, Philip (January 2008).
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2233:. Oxford University Press. November 2009
2207:. Oxford University Press. November 2009
2016:Life of Edward Bouverie Pusey (Volume 1)
1492:. University of Oxford. 1888. p. 57
1320:. Oxford University Press. p. 497.
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2311:. Library of Arabic Literature. 2013.
1602:. University of Oxford. 16 June 2003.
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1687:. University of Oxford. 28 May 2021.
683:in 1790 and was elected principal of
401:Pococke started studying Arabic with
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2061:. Oxford: Parker and Co – via
1995:. Oxford: Parker and Co – via
1925:"White, Joseph (bap. 1746, d. 1814)"
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405:in 1625, and became chaplain to the
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681:Camden Professor of Ancient History
71:, who was working as a chaplain in
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1166:Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic
914:School of Oriental Studies, London
726:Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet
579:Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic
545:Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic
209:, with Pococke's assistance. Laud
177:from 1633 to 1645). Laud wrote to
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1369:from the original on 3 March 2016
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181:, who was serving as chaplain in
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2253:"Professor Geert Jan van Gelder"
1952:"Winstanley, Thomas (1749β1823)"
1632:from the original on 19 May 2012
1292:from the original on 25 May 2020
1986:"Knatchbull, Wyndham (2)"
1223:Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
295:. The chair was attached to a
252:Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
2550:1636 establishments in England
1684:Council Regulations 24 of 2002
1658:. University of Oxford. 2017.
1020:Hebrew University of Jerusalem
197:) to improve his knowledge of
39:, founder of the professorship
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2142:"Gandell, Robert (1818β1887)"
1868:"Gagnier, John (c.1670β1740)"
1866:Franklin, Michael J. (2004).
1562:. 1883. pp. 91, 92, 612.
1407:"Pococke, Edward (1604β1691)"
1065:Fellow of the British Academy
2391:Laudian Professors of Arabic
2335:"Professor Tahera Qutbuddin"
2171:Macdonald, M. C. A. (2004).
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2078:"Reay, Stephen (1782β1861)"
1413:. Oxford University Press.
1353:"Laud, William (1573β1645)"
1288:. Oxford University Press.
466:The Queen's College, Oxford
289:Boden Professor of Sanskrit
165:was established in 1636 by
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1363:Oxford University Press
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910:University of Edinburgh
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738:Edward Bouverie Pusey
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365:College as Professor
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1046:University of Leiden
1031:Geert Jan van Gelder
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163:University of Oxford
53:University of Oxford
2011:Liddon, Henry Parry
1455:. Ayer Publishing.
993:University of Cairo
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232:New College, Oxford
193:(now in modern-day
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309:New College
120:John Wallis
110:Thomas Hyde
2534:Categories
2496:Julia Bray
2263:21 January
2127:Wikisource
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1333:21 January
1263:References
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1076:Julia Bray
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362:Education
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297:fellowship
203:literature
157:Foundation
142:Julia Bray
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