An Inaugural Lecture Upon the Foundation of Dean Ireland's Professorship: Read Before the University of Oxford Nov. 2, 1847; With Brief Notices of the

In this lecture, delivered upon the establishment of the Dean Ireland's Professorship at the University of Oxford in 1847, Edward Hawkins pays tribute to the founder and provides a brief overview of the new professorship's purpose and scope. With its elegant prose and learned exposition, this lecture remains an eloquent expression of the ideals of scholarship and learning that have animated Oxford for centuries.