Lady Margaret Professor Of Divinity (Oxford)
The Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity is a senior professorship in the University of Oxford.
It was founded from the benefaction of Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509), mother of Henry VII. The incumbent must be a clerk in Anglican holy orders, and the professorship is attached to a canonry of Christ Church.
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