Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University

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The Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the English department historically held by distinguished scholars and writers in the fields of rhetoric, oratory, and literature.

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instanceOf academic position ⓘ
endowed chair ⓘ
professorship ⓘ
academicDiscipline English literature ⓘ
oratory ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
employer Harvard University ⓘ
endowmentType endowed chair ⓘ
field English ⓘ
oratory ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
focus study and teaching of literature ⓘ
study and teaching of oratory ⓘ
study and teaching of rhetoric ⓘ
hasAcademicRank full professor ⓘ
hasNotableAssociation American literary studies ⓘ
American rhetoric ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
public speaking ⓘ
hasNotableHolder Douglas Bush ⓘ
Edward Tyrrel Channing ⓘ
Francis James Child ⓘ
George Lyman Kittredge ⓘ
James Engell ⓘ
John Quincy Adams ⓘ
Jorie Graham ⓘ
Louis Menand ⓘ
Marlon Ross ⓘ
Seamus Heaney ⓘ
Stephen Greenblatt ⓘ
Walter Jackson Bate ⓘ
institution Harvard University ⓘ
isEndowed true ⓘ
isOneOf oldest chairs in English at Harvard University ⓘ
isPrestigious true ⓘ
isProfessorshipIn Department of English at Harvard University ⓘ
isTenuredPosition true ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedIn Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
namedAfter Nicholas Boylston ⓘ
partOf Harvard University Department of English ⓘ
Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
sector higher education ⓘ
selectionCriteria distinguished creative writing or criticism ⓘ
distinguished scholarship in rhetoric, oratory, or literature ⓘ

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Seamus Heaney → positionHeld → Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University ⓘ
Edward Tyrrel Channing → positionHeld → Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University ⓘ
Archibald MacLeish → positionHeld → Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University ⓘ
Francis James Child → positionHeld → Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University ⓘ
Jorie Graham → positionHeld → Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University ⓘ
Nicholas Boylston → bequestHelpedEndow → Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory ⓘ
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Nicholas Boylston → associatedWith → Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory ⓘ
linked to: Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University
Nicholas Boylston → legacy → Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University ⓘ
linked to: Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University
Geoffrey Hill → positionHeld → Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Boston University ⓘ
linked to: Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University