The Wykeham Professorship of Physics is the only endowed chair in the
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the
University of Oxford. This professorship is associated with
New College.
List of holders of post •
John Sealy Townsend, 1900–1941 •
Maurice Pryce, 1946–1955 •
David Sherrington, 1989–2008 •
Shivaji Sondhi, 2021–present.
Tencent Chair of Theoretical Physics In February 2021
The Times reported that the Wykeham Professorship of Physics was to be renamed "Tencent-Wykeham Professorship of Physics" following a donation, but the University later said the Wykeham Professorship of Physics will not be renamed; instead the current holder will also be given a separate post called "Tencent Chair of Theoretical Physics" to run concurrently with his Wykeham post. ==References==