Visiting Professors at Gresham College, London, give 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. The first visiting professors were appointed in 2000.
List of Visiting Gresham Professors NameSubjectStarted 1 Baroness Warnock of Weeke Rhetoric 2000 2 Abdullah Ibrahim Music 2000 3 Robin Wilson History of Mathematics 2001 4 Richard Langham Smith Music 2003 5 Allan Chapman FRAS History of Science 2003 6 Raj Persaud Psychiatry 2004 7 Sir Richard J. Evans FRSL FBA History 2008 8 Sir Vernon Bogdanor CBE FBA FRSA Political History 2008 9 Glenn D. Wilson Psychology 2009 10 Simon Thurley CBE The Built Environment2009 11 Tony Mann Computing Mathematics201212Steve Jones FRSGenetics201313Sir Christopher Whitty KCB FRCP FRSPublic Health2013 14 Lynda Nead FBA History of Art2013 15 Jane Caplan History2013 16 Helga Drummond Business2014 17 Gwen Adshead Psychiatry201418Ian Christie FBAHistory of Film and Media201719Craig ClunasChinese Art201720Edith HallClassics201721Roger KneeboneMedical Education201822Yorick WilksArtificial Intelligence201823The Revd Canon Richard BurridgeEthics and Theology201824Sir Stephen Sparks CBE FRSGeology201825Jeremy SummerlyMusic History201926Jim EndersbyHistory of Science201927Roberto TrottaCosmology201928Thomas Grant KCPolitics and Law202029John MullanEnglish Literature202030Martin DauntonEconomic History202031Imogen GooldMedical Law202132Sir Christopher Whitty KCB FRCP FRSPublic Health202233Ian MudwayEnvironmental Health202234Dominic Broomfield-McHughFilm and Theatre Music2023
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