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 created seven professorships; this was later increased to ten. Divinity is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575.
The Professor of Divinity is appointed in partnership with the City of London Corporation.
List of Gresham Professors of Divinity
Name Started 1 Anthony Wotton March 1596/97This date fell in the earlier year under old style (Julian) dating, in the later year under new style (Gegorian) dating. At the time, the calendar year started on 25th March. 2 Hugo Gray 1599 3 William Dakins 14 July 1604 4 George Mountayne 4 March 1606/07 5 William Osbolston 13 December 1610 6 Samuel Brooke 26 September 1612 7 Richard Holdsworth 28 November 1629 8 Thomas Horton 26 October 1641 9 George Gifford 7 June 1661 10 Henry Wells 2 July 1686 11 Edward Lany 31 July 1691 12 John Bridgen 25 September 1728 13 B Halifax 20 February 1760 14 H J Parker 7 February 1800 15 John William Burgon 11 December 1867 16 H E J Bevan 12 December 1888 17 W H Thompson 14 March 1904 1939–45 Lectures in abeyance 18 Henry Martyn Sanders 29 May 1946 19 Oscar Hardman 1957 20 Gordon Huelin 1962 21 Gordon Phillips 1967 22 Gordon Reginald Dunstan 1969 23 Gordon Phillips 1971 24 Ulrich E Simon 1973 25 Viscount Combermere 1975 26 Richard Chartres, Bishop of London 1987 27 John Bowker 1 September 1992 28 Richard Holloway, Bishop of Edinburgh 1 September 1997 29 Gwen Griffith-Dickson 1 September 2001 30 Keith Ward 1 September 2004 31 Richard Harries, Lord Harries of Pentregarth 1 September 2008 32 Raymond Plant, Lord Plant of Highfield 2012 33 Alister McGrath 2015 32 Alec Ryrie 2018 33 Ronald Hutton 2022
References Gresham College website Texts and video of recent lectures Gresham College old website, Internet Archive List of professors
Notes
Further reading