Gladstone Professor of Greek explained

The Gladstone Chair of Greek is an academic position that was one of the original endowments of the foundation of the University of Liverpool in 1881. The Chair was named in recognition of the scholarship of W. E. Gladstone, the British prime minister, and the close association of the Gladstone family with Liverpool.^[1]

The chair fell vacant after Professor Long left in 1983 to take up a position in the United States, but was revived in 2017.

Gladstone Professors of Greek

• • 1891–1898 Gerald Henry Rendall 1898–1906 Gilbert Austin Davies
• 1907–1910 Sir John Lynton Myres
• 1911–1914 Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Lehmann-Haupt
• 1919–1921 Alfred Chilton Pearson (subsequently Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University)
• 1922–1950 Archibald Young Campbell
• 1950–1972 Arthur Hilary Armstrong
• 1973–1983 Anthony Arthur Long
• 2017 - Christopher John Tuplin

Notes and References

1. http://www.liv.ac.uk/commsec/calendar/University%20Chairs%20and%20their%20Holders%20Past%20and%20Present%202009-10.pdf University Chairs and their Holders Past and Present