title: Samuel Davidson Professor of Old Testament Studies
text: # Samuel Davidson Professor of Old Testament Studies
  
  The Samuel Davidson Professorship of Old Testament Studies is a chair in Old Testament studies at King's College, London (formerly of the University of London). It was established in 1925 and is named after the Irish Biblical scholar Samuel Davidson.
  
  ## List of Samuel Davidson Professors
  
  * 1926 to 1929: George Herbert Box; first incumbent
  * 1930 to 1945: S. H. Hooke
  * 1945 to 1947: Alfred Guillaume
  * 1948 to 1960: W. D. McHardy
  * 1961 to 1982: Peter Ackroyd
  * 1983 to 1992: Ronald Clements; first incumbent to be based at King's College London
  * 1992 to 1997: vacant
  * 1997 to 2001: Michael A. Knibb
  * 2001 to 2012: vacant
  * 2012 to present: Paul Joyce
  