Gresham Professor of Geometry

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Alain Goriely FRS, appointed Gresham Professor of Geometry in 2024

The Professor of Geometry at Gresham College , London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it created seven professorships; this was later increased to ten. Geometry is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575. The Professor of Geometry is appointed in partnership with the City of London Corporation. [1]

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List of Gresham Professors of Geometry

Note, the notation used in dates given as, for example, "15967" refer to the practice of dual dating dates between 1 January and 25 March.

NameStarted
1 Henry Briggs March 15967
2 Peter Turner 25 July 1620
3 John Greaves 22 February 163031
4 Ralph Button 15 November 1643
5 Daniel Whistler 13 June 1648
6 Laurence Rooke 7 August 1657
7 Isaac Barrow 16 July 1662
8 Arthur Dacres 20 May 1664
9 Robert Hooke 20 March 16645
10 Andrew Tooke 5 July 1704
11Thomas Tomlinson3 July 1729
12George Newland27 Jan 17312
13William Roman28 Nov 1749
14Wilfred Clarke28 August 1759
15S. Kittleby5 March 1765
16Samuel Birch [2] 5 July 1808
17Robert Pitt Edkins [3] 22 July 1848
18 Benjamin Morgan Cowie [4] 18 Dec 1854
19 Karl Pearson 15 Dec 1890
20William Henry Wagstaff [5] 13 June 1894
1939–45 Lectures in abeyance
21 Louis Melville Milne-Thomson 29 May 1946
22Thomas A. A. Broadbent1956
23Sir Bryan Thwaites 1969
24 Clive W. Kilmister [6] 1972
25Sir Christopher Zeeman [7] 1988
26 Ian Stewart FRS [8] 1994
27Sir Roger Penrose FRS [9] 1 Sept 1998
28 Harold Thimbleby [10] 1 Sept 2001
29 Robin Wilson [11] 1 Sept 2004
30 John D. Barrow [12] 1 Sept 2008
31 Raymond Flood [13] 2012
32 Chris Budd OBE [14] 2016
33 Sarah Hart [15] 2020
34 Alain Goriely [16] 2024

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  6. "Professor Clive Kilmister | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  7. "Sir Christopher Zeeman | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. "Professor Ian Stewart FRS | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. "Sir Roger Penrose | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. "Professor Harold Thimbleby | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  11. "Professor Robin Wilson | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  12. "Professor John D Barrow FRS | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  13. "Professor Raymond Flood | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  14. "Professor Chris Budd | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  15. "Professor Sarah Hart | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  16. "Professor Alain Goriely | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

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