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.
Gresham College
Gresham College is an institution of higher learning located at Barnard's Inn Hall off Holborn in central London, England. It was founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham and today it hosts over 140 free public lectures every year within the City of London.-History:Sir Thomas Gresham,...
, 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 Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, DBE, FBA is a British philosopher of morality, education and mind, and writer on existentialism.-Early life:... |
Rhetoric | 1 Sept 2000 |
| 2 | Abdullah Ibrahim Abdullah Ibrahim Abdullah Ibrahim , born Adolph Johannes Brand, 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa, and formerly known as Dollar Brand, is a South African pianist and composer... |
Music | 1 Sept 2000 |
| 3 | Dr Robin Wilson Robin Wilson (mathematician) Robin James Wilson is a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Open University, a Stipendiary Lecturer at Pembroke College, Oxford and, , Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London, where he has also been a visiting professor... |
History of Mathematics | 1 Sept 2001 |
| 4 | Professor Richard Langham Smith Richard Langham Smith Richard Langham Smith is an English musicologist who has written on Debussy and contemporary French music in general.... |
Music | 1 Sept 2003 |
| 5 | Dr Allan Chapman | History of Science | 1 Sept 2003 |
| 6 | Dr Raj Persaud Raj Persaud Rajendra Persaud , also known as Raj Persaud , born 13 May 1963, Reading, Berkshire is an English consultant psychiatrist, broadcaster, and author of popular books about psychiatry.... |
Psychiatry | 1 Sept 2004 |
| 7 | Professor Richard J. Evans Richard J. Evans Richard John Evans is a British academic and historian, prominently known for his history of Germany.-Life:Evans was born in London, of Welsh parentage, and is now Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and President of Wolfson College... |
History | 1 Sept 2008 |
| 8 | Professor Vernon Bogdanor Vernon Bogdanor Vernon Bogdanor, CBE, FBA is Research Professor at the Institute for Contemporary History at King's College London, and a Fellow of Brasenose College, University of Oxford. He is one of Britain's foremost constitutional experts and has written extensively on political and constitutional issues... |
Political History | 1 Sept 2008 |
| 9 | Dr Glenn D. Wilson Glenn Wilson (psychologist) Glenn Daniel Wilson is a psychologist best known for his work on attitude and personality measurement, sexual attraction, deviation and dysfunction, partner compatibility, and psychology applied to performing arts.In 2001, Wilson was ranked among the 10 most frequently cited British psychologists... |
Psychology | 1 Sept 2009 |
| 10 | Dr Simon Thurley Simon Thurley Simon John Thurley, CBE, FRIBA, F.R.Hist.S. is an academic and architectural historian, and the present Chief Executive of English Heritage .-Early life and education:... |
The Built Environment | 1 Sept 2009 |