wˌɛn ɐ nˈuː tʃˈɛɹ wʌz ˈɪnstɪtˌuːɾᵻd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛlv, mˈʊɹmən wʌz ɐpˈɔɪntᵻd ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾiz fˈɜːst pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ ʌv ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ.
When a new Chair was instituted in 1912, Moorman was appointed the university's first Professor of English Language.