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