1900. He remained in the Chair for only four years, being appointed Merton Professor of English Literature in 1904. He was knighted in 1911. In 1904, the celebrated Scottish author, William Macneile Dixon, was appointed to the Chair. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and had previously been Professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham. He was succeeded in 1935 by Peter Alexander, who had been the Queen Margaret Lecturer in English Literature. He retired in 1963 and was awarded a CBE in 1964. In 1965, Peter Butter was appointed to the Chair, having previously been Professor of English at Queen's University Belfast. He retired in 1986 and was succeeded in 1990 by Alexander Prickett. Prickett was a Fulbright Scholar in 1979 and has taught at a number of institutions including the University of Sussex, University of Minnesota and Australian National University, Canberra. He retired in 2001. In 2004, Nigel Leask, Reader in Romantic Literature at the University of Cambridge, was appointed to the Chair. Regius Professors of English Language and Literature John Nichol (1862 – 1889) A. C. Bradley (1889 – 1900) Sir Walter Raleigh (1900 - 1904) William Macneile Dixon (1904 – 1935) Peter Alexander (1935 – 1963) Peter Herbert Butter (1965 – 1986) Stephen Prickett (1990 – 2001) Nigel Leask (2004 – ) See also List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow References English Language and Literature Professorships in literature 1861 establishments in Scotland English Language and Literature