About: Aldrichian Chairs

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The Aldrichian Chairs were professorial positions at the University of Oxford during the nineteenth century, endowed by George Oakley Aldrich. His will left the residue of his estate to Oxford, to found in equal parts three chairs. By the 1850s the funds amounted to over £12,000. The handling of the chairs, however, was not of free-standing professorships, and by the end of that decade the funds had been repurposed.

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  • The Aldrichian Chairs were professorial positions at the University of Oxford during the nineteenth century, endowed by George Oakley Aldrich. His will left the residue of his estate to Oxford, to found in equal parts three chairs. By the 1850s the funds amounted to over £12,000. The handling of the chairs, however, was not of free-standing professorships, and by the end of that decade the funds had been repurposed. (en)
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  • The Aldrichian Chairs were professorial positions at the University of Oxford during the nineteenth century, endowed by George Oakley Aldrich. His will left the residue of his estate to Oxford, to found in equal parts three chairs. By the 1850s the funds amounted to over £12,000. The handling of the chairs, however, was not of free-standing professorships, and by the end of that decade the funds had been repurposed. (en)
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  • Aldrichian Chairs (en)
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