Lady Margaret Professor
Preserved but no longer current.
The holder of the Chair of Divinity, founded hi 1502, at Cam- bridge by Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443- 1509), the mother of Henry VII, who also founded Christ's (1505) and St. John's Colleges (1508).
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Lady Margaret Professor” mean?
The holder of the Chair of Divinity, founded hi 1502, at Cam- bridge by Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443- 1509), the mother of Henry VII, who also founded Christ's (1505) and St. John's Colleges (1508).
Is “Lady Margaret Professor” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.