At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien become a professor in 1925?

J.R.R. Tolkien became a professor at the University of Oxford in 1925. He was appointed Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and held the position until 1945.

Before that appointment, Tolkien had worked at the University of Leeds, where he became a reader in English language and later a professor. His Oxford career then placed him at the center of English and medieval language scholarship. He remained associated with Oxford for most of his academic life.

Tolkien taught Old English, Middle English, and related subjects. His scholarly work included major studies of Beowulf, Middle English texts, and the language of the medieval period. His academic interests also supplied techniques and inspirations for the invented languages and historical depth of his fiction.

Tolkien later became Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford in 1945, a post he held until his retirement in 1959. The University of Oxford is therefore correct for his 1925 professorship, while Leeds is important as an earlier stage of his academic career.