# List of academics of the University of Wales, Lampeter

University of Wales, Lampeter, originally known as St David's College and later St David's University College, was the oldest degree-awarding institution in Wales. It was founded in 1822 by Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St Davids, and given its royal charter by George IV in 1828.
The college was originally intended for the teaching of Welsh male clergy, and as a result maintained a number of Professors of Theology and Latin. It later began teaching a wide ranger of subjects, including Archaeology, Classics, English, Hebrew, Welsh, and Philosophy. In 1965, the college began accepting female students for the first time. It was renamed St David's University College in 1971 after joining the federal University of Wales, and in 1996 renamed again to University of Wales, Lampeter. In 2010, the college merged with Trinity University College to form the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
This list includes those who worked as lecturers, readers, professors, fellows, and researchers at University of Wales, Lampeter. Those who were academics of the university as well as alumni are included on the list of alumni of University of Wales, Lampeter. Those who were academics of the university as well as Principals or Vice-Chancellors are included on the list of vice-chancellors of the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David.

## Archaeology

| Name | Position | Notes |
| Michael Shanks | Head of Archaeology (1996–1998) | Teaching fellow in Archaeology (1992–1993), and Lecturer in Archaeology (1993–1996) |
| Julian Thomas | Lecturer in Archaeology (1987–1993) | |
| Alex Woolf | Lecturer in Archaeology (1995–1997) | |

## Classics

| Name | Position | Notes | Ref |
| Thomas Iorwerth Ellis (1899–1970) | Lecturer in Classics (1940–1941) | | |
| Harold Arthur Harris (1910–1974) | Professor of Classics | | |

## English

| Name | Position |
| Dic Edwards | Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing (until 2019) |
| Leslie Griffiths | Assistant Lecturer in Medieval English, (-1967) |
| Hugh Walker (1855–1939) | Professor of English (1890–1939) |

## Geography

| Name | Position | Notes |
| Tim Cresswell (born 1965) | Lecturer in Geography (c. 1996) | |
| John A. Dawson | Reader in Geography (1981–1983) | Lecturer in Geography (1971–1974), Senior Lecturer in Geography (1974–1981) |
| Chris Philo | Lecturer in Geography (1989–1995) | |
| Nigel Thrift | Lecturer in Geography | |

## History

| Name | Position | Notes |
| Janet Burton | Professor of Medieval History, (2006-) | |
| Thomas Tout (1855–1929) | Professor of History (1881–1890) | |
| Nigel Yates (1944–2009) | Professor of Ecclesiastical History (2005–2008) | Senior research fellow at the University of Wales (2000) |

## Languages

| Name | Position | Notes |
| Charles Edmondes (1838–1893) | Professor of Latin (1865–1881) | Principal (1888–1892) |
| Reginald H. Fuller (1915–2007) | Lecturer in Hebrew (1950–1955) | |
| John Owen (1854–1926) | Professor of Welsh (1879–1885) | Principal (1892–1897) |
| Meirion Pennar (1944–2010) | Lecturer in Welsh (1975–1994) | |
| Rice Rees (1804–1839) | Lecturer in Welsh | Librarian |
| John Rowlands (1938-2015) | | |
| Daniel Silvan Evans (1818–1903) | Lecturer in Welsh (1847–1848) | Examiner in Welsh (1873). Studied at St David's College (1846–1847), awarded honorary BD (1868) |
| Evan Thomas (1872–1953) | Professor of Welsh (1903–1915) | Established a Welsh library |
| Laurie Thompson (1938–2015) | Head of the School of Modern Languages (1991–1995) | Head of Swedish (from 1983), then retired (1997); part-time lecturer (until 2000) |
| George Woosung Wade (1858–1941) | Chair of Latin (1888–1932) | |
| Rowland Williams (1817–1870) | Professor of Hebrew (1850–1862) | Vice-principal (1850–1862) |

## Mathematics

| Name | Position | Notes | Ref |
| John Cayo Evans (1879–1958) | Professor of Mathematics | | |

## Philosophy

| Name | Position | Notes |
| Donald Caird (1925–2017) | Lecturer in Philosophy | |
| Islwyn Davies | Lecturer in Philosophy | |
| Raymond Renowden (1923–2000) | Head of the School of Philosophy (1957–1971) | Lecturer in Philosophy (1955–1969), Senior lecturer in Philosophy and Theology (1969–1971). Awarded a 1st in Theology at St David's College |

## Theology

| Name | Position | Notes |
| Paul Badham | Professor of Theology and Religious Studies (1991–present) | |
| David Bartlett (1970-1977) | Lecturer in theology (1923-1931); Professor of Hebrew and Theology (1946-1950) | |
| Jonathan Campbell | Lecturer in Jewish Studies (1990–1996) | |
| Dan Cohn-Sherbok | Professor of Jewish Theology (c. 2006) | |
| Mary Grey | Professor of Pastoral Theology | |
| William Henry Harris (1884–1956) | Professor of Theology (from 1940) | Lecturer in Theology (1919–1940), and Professor of Welsh (from 1941). Awarded a 1st in BA Welsh from St David's College (1910), also English and Welsh (Creaton) Essay Prizeman, and Treharne and Senior Scholar |
| Edwin Morris (1894-1971) | Professor of Hebrew and Theology (1924-1945) | |
| Benjamin Vaughan (1917-2003) | Lecturer in Theology (1952-1955) | |

## Other

| Name | Position | Notes |
| Harold Browne (1811-1891) | Vice-Principal (1843-1849) | |
| Islwyn Ffowc Elis (1924–2004) | Lecturer and reader (1975–1988) | Awarded a DLitt from the University of Wales in retirement |
| Francis Jayne (1845-1921) | Principal (1879-1886) | |
| Maurice Jones (1863-1957) | Principal (1923-1938) | |
| Llewelyn Lewellin (1798-1878) | Principal (1826-1878) | |
| John Lloyd Thomas (1908-1984) | Principal (1953-1975) | |
| Alfred Ollivant (1798-1882) | Vice-Principal (1827-1843) | |
| John Perowne (1823-1904) | Vice-Principal (1862-1872) | |
| Keith Robbins (1940-2019) | Vice-Chancellor (1992-2003) | |
| Herbert Edward Ryle (1856-1925) | Principal (1886-1888) | |