# Brunner Professorships

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Three chairs at the [University of Liverpool](/source/University_of_Liverpool) were endowed by local industrialist [Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_John_Brunner,_1st_Baronet): the **Brunner Professorship of Economic Science**, the **Brunner Professorship of Egyptology**, and the **Brunner Professorship of Physical Chemistry**.

## List of Brunner Professors of Economic Science

The **Brunner Professorship of Economic Science** is a chair in [economics](/source/Economics). It was established in 1891 by [John Tomlinson Brunner](/source/Sir_John_Brunner,_1st_Baronet), the chemical industrialist and [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)) MP for [Northwich](/source/Northwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)). Brunner's son Sidney had been a student at University College Liverpool at the time of his death in 1890.[1] After correspondence with [Willam Rathbone](/source/Willam_Rathbone),[2] Brunner founded the chair in memory of both his son and his father, the Swiss-born Unitarian schoolmaster John Brunner (born 1800).[1]

- 1891 to 1922: [E. C. K. Gonner](/source/E._C._K._Gonner)
- 1930 to 1932: [John Rotherford Bellerby](/source/John_Rotherford_Bellerby)
- 1933 to 1947: [George Cyril Allen](/source/George_Cyril_Allen)
- 1947 to 1950: [Phillip Barrett Whale](/source/Phillip_Barrett_Whale)
- 1951 to 1969: [G. L. S. Shackle](/source/G._L._S._Shackle)
- 1970 to 1979: George Henry Peters
- 1980 to 1996: Avelino Romeo Nobay
- 1998 to 1999: Brian Hillier

## List of Brunner Professors of Egyptology

The Brunner Professorship of Egyptology is a chair in [Egyptology](/source/Egyptology) at the [University of Liverpool](/source/University_of_Liverpool), England. It was founded in 1906.[3]

- 1906 to 1919: [Percy Newberry](/source/Percy_Newberry)[4]
- 1920 to 1933: [T. Eric Peet](/source/T._Eric_Peet)[5]
- 1934 to 1948: [Aylward M. Blackman](/source/Aylward_M._Blackman)[6]
- 1948 to 1974: [H. W. Fairman](/source/H._W._Fairman)[7]
- 1974 to 1991: [A. F. Shore](/source/Arthur_Frank_Shore)[8]
- [Kenneth Kitchen](/source/Kenneth_Kitchen) - Brunner Professor Emeritus[9]

## List of Brunner Professors of Physical Chemistry

- 1913 to 1948: [William Lewis](/source/William_Lewis_(physical_chemist)); Grant-Brunner Professor of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (1937–1948[10]
- 1948 to 1973: [C. E. H. Bawn](/source/C._E._H._Bawn); Grant-Brunner Professor of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (1948–1969)[11]
- 1974 to 1988: [David King](/source/David_King_(chemist))[12]
- 1990 to 2004: [David Schiffrin](/source/David_Schiffrin)[13]

## References

1. Stephen E. Koss (1970). [*Sir John Brunner, Radical Plutocrat, 1842-1919*](https://books.google.com/books?id=dU09AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA170). CUP Archive. p. 170. GGKEY:PYWB7NU132Y.

1. Letters and papers relating to benefactions to Victoria University College and the University of Liverpool. (9 May 1890-10 May 1916), [Brunner/4/5/6](http://sca-arch.liv.ac.uk/ead/html/brunnerjt-p4.shtml)

1. Jason Thompson (2015). [*Wonderful Things \[Volume 2\]: A History of Egyptology: 2: The Golden Age: 1881-1914*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tLs-DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA171). The American University in Cairo Press. pp. 171–172. ISBN 978-9774166921.

1. "Newberry, Percy Edward". 35210.

1. ["Peet, Thomas Eric (1882-1934)"](http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4peet.html). *Griffith Institute Archive*. University of Oxford. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

1. ["Blackman, Aylward Manley"](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-234810). *[Who Was Who](/source/Who_Was_Who)*. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

1. ["Fairman, Prof. Herbert Walter"](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-164038). *[Who Was Who](/source/Who_Was_Who)*. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

1. Pace, Eric (5 December 1994). ["A. F. Shore, 70, a British Expert On Egypt After Cleopatra's Fall"](https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/05/obituaries/a-f-shore-70-a-british-expert-on-egypt-after-cleopatra-s-fall.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

1. ["Professor Kenneth Kitchen"](https://www.ees.ac.uk/faqs/kenneth-kitchen). *Egypt Exploration Society*. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

1. ["Lewis, William Cudmore McCullagh"](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-239849). *[Who Was Who](/source/Who_Was_Who)*. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

1. ["Bawn, Cecil Edwin Henry"](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-6837). *[Who Was Who](/source/Who_Was_Who)*. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

1. Benjamin, Alison (27 November 2007). ["Profile: Professor Sir David King"](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/nov/27/gmcrops.food). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

1. ["Schiffrin, Prof. David Jorge"](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-34028). *[Who's Who 2019](/source/Who's_Who_2019)*. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

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