Gresham Professor of Rhetoric

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The Professor of Rhetoric 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. Rhetoric is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575. [1]

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The title is a broad one; Professors of Rhetoric have included historians, poets, educators and literary critics. The Professor of Rhetoric is appointed in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Mercers.

List of Gresham Professors of Rhetoric

Note, years given as, for example 1596 / 1597, refer to Old Style and New Style dates.

NameStarted
1Caleb WillisMarch 1596 / 1597
2Richard Ball1598
3 Charles Croke 14 January 1613 / 1614
4 Henry Croke 26 May 1619
5Edward Wilkinson13 April 1627
6John Goodridge6 November 1638
7Richard Hunt29 November 1654
8 William Croune FRS8 June 1659
9 Henry Jenkes 21 October 1670
10John King [2] 2 October 1676
11 Charles Gresham 20 August 1686
12Edward Martyn4 December 1696
13 John Ward 1 September 1720
14 Joseph Whateley 19 January 1759
15Joseph Thomas Waugh [3] 11 April 1797
16F Newnham7 January 1808
17Edward Owen [4] 13 November 1817
18 Charlton Lane 23 April 1863
19Thomas Francis Dallin9 July 1875
20J E Nixon4 February 1881
21Foster Watson22 January 1915
22 Oliver Elton 19 April 1929
23 George Stuart Gordon 2 May 1930
24Arthur William Reed8 December 1933
1939–1945 Lectures in abeyance
25Rowland Walter Jepson6 June 1946
26Lord David Cecil 27 June 1947
27 Nevill Coghill 14 October 1948
28 William Empson 1953
29 Richard Hughes 1954
30 Bonamy Dobrée 1957
31 Stephen Spender 1961
32 John Wain 1963 (Hilary term)
33 Cecil Day-Lewis 1963–1964
34 Patric Dickinson 1965–1967
35Sir Robert Birley 1968–1982
1983–1984 vacant
36John Morley Pick1985
37 Jan Kott [5] 1986
38John Morley Pick1987
39 John Malcolm Rae [6] 1988
40Sir Andrew Derbyshire [7] 1990
41 Peter G. Moore [8] 1 September 1992
42 Peter Hennessy [9] 1 September 1994
43Lynette Hunter [10] 1 September 1997
44 Richard Sorabji CBE FBA [11] 1 September 2000
45 Kathleen Burk [12] 1 September 2003
46 Rodney Barker [13] 1 September 2006
47Sir Richard J. Evans 1 September 2009
48 Belinda Jack [14] 1 September 2013
49Sir Jonathan Bate CBE FBA FRSL [15] 1 September 2017
50 Joanna Bourke FBA [16] 2019
51 Melissa Lane [17] 2023

Notes

  1. "How We Recruit Speakers | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. William, Birken. "King, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47336.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. "Waugh, Joseph Thomas (WH784JT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. "Owen, Edward (OWN802E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. "Professor Jan Kott | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  6. "Professor John Malcolm Rae | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  7. "Professor Sir Andrew Derbyshire | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. "Professor Peter G. Moore | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. "Professor Lord Hennessy | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. "Professor Lynette Hunter | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  11. "Professor Richard Sorabji FBA | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  12. "Professor Kathleen Burk | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  13. "Professor Rodney Barker | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  14. "Professor Belinda Jack | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  15. "Professor Sir Jonathan Bate | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  16. "Professor Joanna Bourke | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  17. "Professor Melissa Lane | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

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