a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
Examples of 'personal chair' in a sentence
personal chair
The following year he was appointed to a personal chair.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He was kept waiting for five years for a personal chair.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
One colleague, who consulted him about applying for a personal chair, came away with the suggestion that he should not pursue the matter further.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Involved in the development of national and international guidelines for care of such conditions and was recently awarded a personal chair at the university.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He was promoted to reader in 1973, and held a personal chair from 1976 until the beginning of a busy and productive retirement.