Hollis Professor of Divinity
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Hollis Professor of Divinity
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The Hollis Chair of Divinity is an endowed chair at Harvard Divinity School. It was established in 1721 by Thomas Hollis, a wealthy English merchant and benefactor of the university, at a salary of £80 per year. It is the oldest endowed chair in the United States, the first professorship in theology in the country, and in the early 19th century it was considered to be "the most prestigious endowed professorship in America".
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2010-12-23T00:14:37Z
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2024-09-12T13:23:29Z
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