Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism
# Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism

The Professorship of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1861. The patron was formerly the Crown (i.e. a Regius Professorship). Since 1935, the University Court, acting on the recommendation of a Board of Nomination consisting of representatives of the University Court and of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, appoints the Professor.

## (Regius) Professors of Divinity and Biblical Criticism

* William Purdie Dickson MA LLD DD (1863)
* William Stuart MA LLD DD (1873)
* George Milligan MA DCL DD (1910)
* George Hogarth Carnaby MacGregor MA DLitt DD (1933)
* William Barclay CBE MA BD DD (1963)
* Ernest Best MA BD PhD DD (1974-1982)
* John Riches MA (1991)
