The position of Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature (named after the architect Robert Taylor, whose bequest funded the Taylor Institution) is one of the permanent chairs at the University of Oxford. The position was established in 1907. It is associated with a fellowship at The Queen's College, Oxford. The people to have held the position are:
Hermann Georg Fiedler 1907–1937
James Boyd 1938–1959
Ernest Stahl 1959–1969
Siegbert Salomon Prawer 1969–1986
Terence James Reed 1989–2004
Manfred Engel 2006-2009
Ritchie Robertson 2010–2021
Karen Leeder 2021–present
The post was renamed the 'Schwarz–Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature' in 2020, following a donation from the Dieter Schwarz Foundation.
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