Sherardian Professor of Botany

The Sherardian Chair of Botany is a professorship at the University of Oxford that was established in 1734.^[1] It was created following an endowment by William Sherard on his death in 1728. In his will, Sherard stipulated that the first holder of the chair was to be Johann Jacob Dillenius.^[2] The Sherardian Professor is also a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford

^ "SHERARDIAN PROFESSORSHIP OF BOTANY". Oxford University Gazette. University of Oxford. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
^ Allen, D. E. (September 2013). "Sherard, William (1659–1728)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25355. Retrieved 13 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)