Williams was succeeded by John Kidd, Regius Professor of Medicine. He succeeded William Osler as Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. In 1889 he moved to Glasgow as Regius Professor. He is known as "Reg", short for Regius Professor Chronotis. He succeeded Edward Lively as Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge. Chronotis holds the post of Regius Professor of Chronology at Cambridge University. Bucer took the position of Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. In September 2014 he succeeded Richard J. Evans as Regius Professor of History at Cambridge. In 1928 Powicke moved to Oxford to become Regius Professor of Modern History. In 1587, he became the first non-English person to be a Regius Professor. In December 2017 Kristian Skrede Gleditsch was appointed as the second Regius Professor. In September 1954 he was appointed by Hector Hetherington to Regius Professor of Midwifery. Donald was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow. In 1849 he was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University. He was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford.