McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History

The McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History is a senior professorship at Harvard University. It was endowed by the will of wealthy merchant John McLean (1761-1823).

The first McLean Professor was Jared Sparks who held the chair between 1838 and 1849; he was later President of Harvard College. The current holder is Emma Dench, who was appointed in 2015.

List of McLean Professors

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Jared Sparks (1838 to 1849); first McLean Professor
Silas Marcus MacVane (1886 to 1911)^[1]
Edward Channing (1912 to 1929)^[2]
William Scott Ferguson (1929 to 1945)
Crane Brinton (1946 to 1968)
Franklin L. Ford (1968 to 1990)^[3]
Steven Ozment (1990 to 2015)^[4]
Emma Dench (2015 to present)^[5]

References

↑ "Resignation of Pros. S. M. MacVane". 17 January 1911. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
↑ Channing, Edward; Joyce, Davis D. (1993). A history of the United States. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America. p. viii. ISBN 0819189154.
↑ "Obituary: Franklin L. Ford". Harvard Gazette. 18 September 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
↑ "Steven Ozment" (pdf). Faculty of Arts & Sciences. Harvard University. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
↑ "Emma Dench receives named chair!". Department of the Classics. Harvard University. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

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