Visiting Gresham Professor

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Gwen Adshead delivering a Gresham College lecture in 2015

Visiting Professors at Gresham College, London, give 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. The first visiting professors were appointed in 2000.

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List of Visiting Gresham Professors

NameSubjectStarted
1 Baroness Warnock of Weeke Rhetoric2000
2 Abdullah Ibrahim [1] Music2000
3 Robin Wilson [2] History of Mathematics2001
4 Richard Langham Smith [3] Music2003
5 Allan Chapman FRAS [4] History of Science2003
6 Raj Persaud [5] Psychiatry2004
7Sir Richard J. Evans FRSL FBA [6] History2008
8Sir Vernon Bogdanor CBE FBA FRSA [7] Political History2008
9 Glenn D. Wilson [8] Psychology2009
10 Simon Thurley CBE [9] The Built Environment2009
11Tony Mann [10] Computing Mathematics2012
12 Steve Jones FRS [11] Genetics2013
13Sir Christopher Whitty KCB FRCP FRS [12] Public Health2013
14 Lynda Nead FBA [13] History of Art2013
15 Jane Caplan [14] History2013
16Helga Drummond [15] Business2014
17 Gwen Adshead [16] Psychiatry2014
18 Ian Christie FBA [17] History of Film and Media2017
19 Craig Clunas [18] Chinese Art2017
20 Edith Hall [19] Classics2017
21 Roger Kneebone [20] Medical Education2018
22 Yorick Wilks [21] Artificial Intelligence2018
23The Revd Canon Richard Burridge [22] Ethics and Theology2018
24Sir Stephen Sparks CBE FRS [23] Geology2018
25 Jeremy Summerly [24] Music History2019
26Jim Endersby [25] History of Science2019
27Roberto Trotta [26] Cosmology2019
28 Thomas Grant KC [27] Politics and Law2020
29 John Mullan [28] English Literature2020
30 Martin Daunton [29] Economic History2020
31Imogen Goold [30] Medical Law2021
32Sir Christopher Whitty KCB FRCP FRS [12] Public Health2022
33Ian Mudway [31] Environmental Health2022
34Dominic Broomfield-McHugh [32] Film and Theatre Music2023

Notes

  1. "Abdullah Ibrahim | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. "Professor Robin Wilson | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. "Professor Richard Langham Smith | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  4. "Dr Allan Chapman | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. "Dr Raj Persaud | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. "Professor Sir Richard Evans | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  7. "Professor Sir Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  8. "Dr Glenn D Wilson | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  9. "Professor Simon Thurley CBE | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  10. "Professor Tony Mann | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  11. "Professor Steve Jones | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  12. 1 2 "Professor Chris Whitty FRS | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  13. "Professor Lynda Nead | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  14. "Professor Jane Caplan | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  15. "Professor Helga Drummond | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  16. "Dr Gwen Adshead | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  17. "Professor Ian Christie FBA | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  18. "Professor Craig Clunas | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  19. "Professor Edith Hall | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  20. "Professor Roger Kneebone | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  21. "Professor Yorick Wilks | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  22. "The Revd Canon Professor Richard Burridge | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  23. "Professor Sir Stephen Sparks CBE | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  24. "Professor Jeremy Summerly | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  25. "Professor Jim Endersby | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  26. "Professor Roberto Trotta | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  27. "Professor Thomas Grant KC | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  28. "Professor John Mullan | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  29. "Professor Martin Daunton | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  30. "Profesor Imogen Goold | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  31. "Dr Ian Mudway | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  32. "Professor Dominic Broomfield-McHugh | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

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