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When did Matthew Arnold become Oxford professor of poetry?
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Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold, detail of an oil painting by George Frederick Watts, 1880; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Matthew Arnold was elected to the Oxford chair of poetry in 1857. He held this position for 10 years, during which he significantly transformed the role through his influential lectures on literature and culture.1