Visiting Gresham Professor
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Visiting Professors at Gresham College, Holborn, London, give free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1596 / 7, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to eight and plus the Visiting Professors.
The first Visiting Professors were appointed in 2000.
| 1 | Baroness Warnock of Weeke | Rhetoric | 1 Sept 2000 |
| 2 | Abdullah Ibrahim | Music | 1 Sept 2000 |
| 3 | Dr Robin Wilson | History of Mathematics | 1 Sept 2001 |
| 4 | Professor Richard Langham Smith | Music | 1 Sept 2003 |
| 5 | Dr Allan Chapman | History of Science | 1 Sept 2003 |
| 6 | Dr Raj Persaud | Psychiatry | 1 Sept 2004 |
| 7 | Professor Richard J. Evans | History | 1 Sept 2008 |
| 8 | Professor Vernon Bogdanor | Political History | 1 Sept 2008[1] |
| 9 | Dr Glenn D. Wilson | Psychology | 1 Sept 2009[2] |
| 10 | Dr Simon Thurley | The Built Environment | 1 Sept 2009[3] |
[edit] References
- Gresham College old website, Internet Archive List of professors.
- ^ Visiting Gresham Professor of Political History page on the Gresham College website
- ^ Visiting Gresham Professor of Psychology page on the Gresham College website
- ^ Visiting Gresham Professor of The Built Environment page on the Gresham College website