Timeline for Why is a professorship sometimes called a chair?
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| Jun 10, 2020 at 14:12 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Dec 23, 2018 at 8:56 | vote | accept | flashton | ||
| Dec 23, 2018 at 8:53 | comment | added | flashton | @Nathaniel you are right, I would also like to know about usage. Does every professor have a chair? Do some universities use the term and others don't? Is it a formal term within universities, or just a commonly used term for professorship | |
| Dec 23, 2018 at 8:49 | vote | accept | flashton | ||
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| Dec 21, 2018 at 10:05 | history | edited | Peter Taylor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 21, 2018 at 9:43 | comment | added | Michael Kay | There are two questions, each asked in two different ways. Basically: (a) Why is it called a chair? and (b) when is it correct to call it a chair? | |
| Dec 21, 2018 at 6:59 | comment | added | N. Virgo | While this covers the etymology of the term, it doesn't address what I took to be the question, namely whether the word 'chair' in this context has a special meaning distinct from 'professorship'. (i.e. can you be a professor without holding a chair, or vice versa.) | |
| Dec 21, 2018 at 1:02 | comment | added | Michael Kay | There's another specific type of chair used the same way, which you also mention: cathedra. And of course we talk of MPs being elected to a seat in Parliament. And we have a bench of bishops or magistrates. | |
| Dec 20, 2018 at 12:05 | history | answered | Peter Taylor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |