James Rossiter Hoyle Professor of Music

The James Rossiter Hoyle Professorship of Music at the University of Sheffield was established in 1927 and endowed with £16,000 by the will of Augusta Rossiter Hoyle in memory of her late husband, James (died 1926), a manufacturer of steel armour-piercing shells who had been president of the Sheffield Musical Union and a master cutler.

List

 * 1928–1948: Frank Henry Shera
 * 1948–1968: James Stewart Deas
 * 1968–1974: Samuel Basil Deane
 * 1975–1993: Edward James Clarke Garden
 * 1993–2007: Eric Fillenz Clarke, FBA
 * 2008–present: Simon Patrick Keefe