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The position of '''Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature''' (named after the architect [[Robert Taylor (architect)|Robert Taylor]], whose bequest funded the [[Taylor Institution]]) is one of the permanent chairs at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/regulations/185-084.shtml#_Toc87060909|title=Annexe: Table 7: Schedule of Statutory Professorships|publisher=[[University of Oxford]]|date=15 January 2015|access-date=4 February 2015}}</ref> The position was established in 1907.<ref name=Fiedler/> It is associated with a [[Oxbridge Fellow|fellowship]] at [[The Queen's College, Oxford]]. The people to have held the position are:
* [[Hermann Georg Fiedler]] 1907–1937<ref name=Fiedler>{{cite ODNB|first1=Daria |last1=Santini|title=Fiedler, Hermann Georg (1862–1945)|date=May 2014 |id=62275}}</ref>
* [[James Boyd (professor)|James Boyd]] 1938–1959<ref>{{cite ODNB|first1=Jill| last1=Hughes |title=Boyd, James (1891–1970)|date=May 2014 |id=62274}}</ref>
* [[Ernest Stahl]] 1959–1969<ref>{{cite ODNB|first1=T. J. |last1=Reed |title=Stahl, Ernest Ludwig (1902–1992)|date=May 2014 |id=98298}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Stahl, Prof. Ernest Ludwig|work=Who's Who 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=October 2014 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U175599|access-date=4 February 2015}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
* [[Siegbert Salomon Prawer]] 1969–1986<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2012-2013/27september2012-no4999/collegeshallsandsocieties/#166417|title=Memorial Events: Queen's|access-date=4 February 2015|journal=Oxford University Gazette|publisher=University of Oxford|date= 27 September 2012|number=4999|volume=143}}</ref>
* [[Terence James Reed]] 1989–2004<ref>{{cite web|title=Reed, Prof. Terence James, (Jim)|work=Who's Who 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=October 2014 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U32113|access-date=4 February 2015}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
* Manfred Engel 2006-2009<ref>https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/oxford-polyglot/2020-21/3/taylor-chair-1907-2020 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
* [[Ritchie Robertson]] 2010–2021<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2009-10/weekly/180210/notc.htm#16Ref|title=Appointment: Taylor Professorship of the German Language and Literature|publisher=University of Oxford|journal=Oxford University Gazette|date=18 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/oxford-polyglot/2020-21/3/taylor-chair-1907-2020|title = The Taylor Chair, 1907-2020 &#124; Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages}}</ref>
* [[Karen Leeder]] 2021–present<ref>Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford, [https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2021/08/12/professor-leeder-elected-next-schwarz-taylor-chair-german Professor Leeder elected as the next Schwarz Taylor Chair of German], 12 August 2021</ref>
The post was renamed the 'Schwarz–Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature' in 2020,<ref>[https://gazette.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/gazette/documents/media/1_october_2020_-_no_5287_redacted.pdf#page=2 University of Oxford Gazette, 1 October 2020]</ref> following a donation from the [[:de:Dieter-Schwarz-Stiftung|Dieter Schwarz Foundation]].<ref>Development Office, University of Oxford, '[https://www.development.ox.ac.uk/news/donation-secures-future-of-professorship-in-german-language-and-literature Donation secures future of professorship in German language and literature]', 22 April 2021</ref>
==See also==
* [[Taylor Institution]], Oxford
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