Visiting Professors at Gresham College, Holborn, London, give free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it appointed seven professors. The first visiting professors were appointed in 2000.
Name | Subject | Started | |
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1 | Baroness Warnock of Weeke | Rhetoric | 1 Sep 2000 |
2 | Abdullah Ibrahim | Music | 1 Sep 2000 |
3 | Dr Robin Wilson | History of Mathematics | 1 Sep 2001 |
4 | Professor Richard Langham Smith | Music | 1 Sep 2003 |
5 | Dr Allan Chapman | History of Science | 1 Sep 2003 |
6 | Dr Raj Persaud | Psychiatry | 1 Sep 2004 |
7 | Professor Richard J. Evans | History | 1 Sep 2008 |
8 | Professor Vernon Bogdanor | Political History | 1 Sep 2008 [1] |
9 | Dr Glenn D. Wilson | Psychology | 1 Sep 2009 [2] |
10 | Dr Simon Thurley | The Built Environment | 1 Sep 2009 [3] |
11 | Tony Mann | Computing Mathematics | 1 Sep 2012 [4] |
12 | Lynda Nead | History of Art | 1 Sep 2013 |
11 | Jane Caplan | History | 1 Sep 2013 |
12 | Helga Drummond | Business | 1 Sep 2014 |
13 | Gwen Adshead | Psychiatry | 1 Sep 2014 [5] |
14 | Sir Christopher Whitty KCB FRCP FRS [6] | Public Health | 1 Sep 2014 |
15 | Martin Daunton [7] | Economic History | 2020 |
16 | Ian Mudway [8] | Environmental Health | 2022 |
17 | Dominic Broomfield-McHugh [9] | Film and Theatre Music | 2023 |
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Gresham College is an institution of higher learning located at Barnard's Inn Hall off Holborn in Central London, England. It does not accept students or award degrees. It was founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham, and hosts over 140 free public lectures every year. Since 2001, all lectures have also been made available online. The current Provost is Professor Martin Elliott.
The Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it appointed seven professors. Astronomy is one of the original subjects as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575.
The Professor of Divinity at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it appointed seven professors. Divinity is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575.
The Professor of Business at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it appointed seven professors.
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 appointed seven professors. Geometry is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575.
The Professor of Law 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. Law is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575.
The Professor of Music 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. Music is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575.
Jo 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 appointed seven professors. Rhetoric is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575. The title is a broad one; Professors of Rhetoric have included historians, poets, educators and literary critics.
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Ian Morison FRAS was a British astronomer and astrophysicist who served as the 35th Gresham Professor of Astronomy.
Jane Caplan is an academic and historian specialising in Nazi Germany and the history of the documentation of individual identity. She is currently Visiting Professor at Birkbeck, University of London, Visiting Professor of History at Gresham College and Emeritus Fellow at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford.
Martin John Elliott is a British surgeon. He is presently Provost of Gresham College, taking over from Simon Thurley. Elliott was 37th Professor of Physic at Gresham College from 2014 to 2018, where he is also Emeritus Professor and Fellow. He delivered a series of free public lectures on The Heart of the Matter, "to explore [...] the challenging medical, ethical, financial and political issues of our time."
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The Professor of the Environment at Gresham College in London, England, 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.
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Professor Johanne Erica "Jo" Delahunty, is a British barrister, judge, and legal academic. Called to the bar in 1986, she specialises in family law and child protection. She has also been a Recorder since 2009, and was the Gresham Professor of Law from 2016 to 2020.