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Gresham Professor of Geometry

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.[1]

The Professor of Geometry is appointed in partnership with the City of London Corporation.

List of Gresham Professors of Geometry edit

Note, the notation used in dates given as, for example, "1596⁄7" refer to the practice of dual dating dates between 1 January and 25 March.

Raymond Flood, Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, 2012-2016
NameStarted
1Henry BriggsMarch 1596⁄7
2Peter Turner25 July 1620
3John Greaves22 February 1630⁄31
4Ralph Button15 November 1643
5Daniel Whistler13 June 1648
6Laurence Rooke7 August 1657
7Isaac Barrow16 July 1662
8Arthur Dacres20 May 1664
9Robert Hooke20 March 1664⁄5
10Andrew Tooke5 July 1704
11Thomas Tomlinson3 July 1729
12George Newland27 Jan 1731⁄2
13William Roman28 Nov 1749
14Wilfred Clarke28 August 1759
15S. Kittleby5 March 1765
16Samuel Birch[2]5 July 1808
17Robert Pitt Edkins[3]22 July 1848
18Benjamin Morgan Cowie[4]18 Dec 1854
19Karl Pearson15 Dec 1890
20William Henry Wagstaff[5]13 June 1894
1939–45 Lectures in abeyance
21Louis Melville Milne-Thomson29 May 1946
22Thomas A. A. Broadbent1956
23Sir Bryan Thwaites1969
24Clive W. Kilmister [6]1972
25Sir Christopher Zeeman [7]1988
26Ian Stewart FRS[8]1994
27Sir Roger Penrose FRS[9]1 Sept 1998
28Harold Thimbleby [10]1 Sept 2001
29Robin Wilson [11]1 Sept 2004
30John D. Barrow [12]1 Sept 2008
31Raymond Flood[13]2012
32Chris Budd OBE[14]2016
33Sarah Hart[15]2020

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "How We Recruit Speakers | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Birch, Samuel (BRC798S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ "Edkins, Robert Pitt (EDKS826RP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ "Cowie, Benjamin Morgan (CWY833BM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ "Wagstaff, William Henry (WGSF885WH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ^ "Professor Clive Kilmister | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Sir Christopher Zeeman | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Professor Ian Stewart FRS | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Sir Roger Penrose | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Professor Harold Thimbleby | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Professor Robin Wilson | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Professor John D Barrow FRS | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Professor Raymond Flood | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Professor Chris Budd | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Professor Sarah Hart | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

External links edit

Further reading edit

  • Ward, John (1740). The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College. New York & London: Johnson Reprint Corporation.
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