1. The Merton Professor of English Literature shall lecture and give instruction in the history of English Literature during and since the period of Chaucer, on the works of English authors, and on the principles of literary criticism.
2. The professor shall be elected by an electoral board consisting of:
(1) the Vice-Chancellor, or, if the Warden of Merton College is Vice-Chancellor, a person appointed by Council on the occurrence of a vacancy to act as an elector on that occasion;
(2) the Warden of Merton College, or, if the Warden is unable or unwilling to act, a person appointed by the Governing Body of Merton College on the occurrence of a vacancy to act as an elector on that occasion;
(3) a person appointed by the Governing Body of Merton College;
(4), (5) two persons appointed by Council;
(6) a persons appointed by the Humanities Board;
(7), (8) two persons appointed by the Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature;
(9) a person appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Literae Humaniores
3. The professor shall be subject to the General Provisions of the decree concerning the duties of professors and to those Particular Provisions of the same decree which are applicable to this chair.
