Congratulations Professor Sarah Coupland: First female to ever receive the “George Holt Chair of Pathology” title.

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The title of the “George Holt Chair of Pathology” was conferred in February to Prof. Sarah Coupland – the first female Professor to receive this title. The Chair was established in 1884 and endowed by Mr. George Holt in 1894. The past holders of the Chair are listed below.

1884-1888:          Alexander Davidson

1888-1894:          Alexander Barron

1894-1911:          (Sir) Rubert William Boyce

1912-1928:          Ernest Edward Glynn
                               (Lecturer 1904-1912)

1929-1937:          James Henry Dible

1938-1945:          Thomas Benjamin Davie 
                                (Professor of Applied Pathology 1945-1947)

1946-1965:          Harold Leeming Sheehan

1965-1967:          John Russell Anderson

1968-1993:          Donald Albert Heath

1994-2012:          Christopher Stuart Foster

2013:-                    Sarah Ellen Coupland


Mr George Holt (1825–1896) was a Victorian ship owner and merchant. He was born in Liverpool and lived at Sudley House. Mr. Holt and Mr William James Lamport (originally from Lancaster) established the “Lamport & Holt Line” in 1845. Mr Holt was a worthy citizen and associated himself with many beneficent institutions in the city of his birth, becoming a munificent supporter of the Liverpool University, in connection with which he founded and endowed Chairs of Physiology and Pathology. He is also the namesake of the University of Liverpool's George Holt building, which currently houses the laboratories of the University's Department of Materials Engineering.