Example sentences of "he [vb past] professor of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1891 , he returned to Geneva where in 1906 , he became professor of General Linguistics . |
| 2 | In 1891 he became professor of natural philosophy at University College , Dublin , a position he held until his death , and he was later appointed a fellow of the Royal University of Ireland . |
| 3 | In 1949 he became Professor of English Language in Glasgow , and in 1959 succeeded J. R. R. Tolkien as Merton Professor of English Language of Literature at Oxford . |
| 4 | In 1918 he became professor of ecclesiastical history at King 's , where he wished to integrate historical studies with the collections at Lambeth , and in 1931 professor of ecclesiastical history in London University . |
| 5 | In 1946 he became Professor of Fine Arts at Melbourne , Australia 's first such Chair , which he occupied for 32 years . |