title: Corpus Christi Professor of Latin
text: # Corpus Christi Professor of Latin
  
  The Corpus Christi Professorship of the Latin Language and Literature, also known simply as the Corpus Christi Professorship of Latin and previously as the Corpus Professorship of Latin, is a chair in Latin literature at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford. The chair was created after the Oxford University Act of 1854.
  
  ## List of Corpus Christi Professors of Latin
  
  * 1854–1869: John Conington; first incumbent
  * 1870–1878: Edwin Palmer
  * 1878–1893: Henry Nettleship
  * 1893–1913: Robinson Ellis
  * 1913–1934: Albert Curtis Clark
  * 1935–1953: Eduard Fraenkel
  * 1953–1970: Sir Roger Mynors
  * 1970–1992: Robin Nisbet
  * 1992–2001: Michael Winterbottom
  * 2002–2006: Philip Hardie
  * 2008–present: Tobias Reinhardt
  