Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art

The Watson Gordon Chair of Fine Art is a professorship at the University of Edinburgh.

History The chair was founded in 1880. John Watson Gordon was a Scottish painter who died in 1864. His brother and sister endowed the professorship in his memory in 1879. The establishment of the chair resulted in progress in the teaching of art history.

Professors Gerard Baldwin Brown 1880–1930 Herbert Read 1931–1933 David Talbot Rice 1934–1972 Giles Robertson 1973–1981 Eric Fernie 1984–1995 Richard Thomson 1996–

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