King Edward VII Professor of English Literature - King Edward VII Professors

King Edward VII Professors

  • Arthur Woollgar Verrall (1911)
  • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1912-1944)
  • Basil Willey (1946)
  • Lionel Charles Knights (1965)
  • John Frank Kermode (1974)
  • Christopher Bruce Ricks (1982)
  • Marilyn Butler (1986)
  • Gillian Patricia Kempster Beer (1994)
  • David Trotter (2002)

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