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.
Name | Subject | Started | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Baroness Warnock of Weeke | Rhetoric | 2000 |
2 | Abdullah Ibrahim [1] | Music | 2000 |
3 | Robin Wilson [2] | History of Mathematics | 2001 |
4 | Richard Langham Smith [3] | Music | 2003 |
5 | Allan Chapman FRAS [4] | History of Science | 2003 |
6 | Raj Persaud [5] | Psychiatry | 2004 |
7 | Sir Richard J. Evans FRSL FBA [6] | History | 2008 |
8 | Sir Vernon Bogdanor CBE FBA FRSA [7] | Political History | 2008 |
9 | Glenn D. Wilson [8] | Psychology | 2009 |
10 | Simon Thurley CBE [9] | The Built Environment | 2009 |
11 | Tony Mann [10] | Computing Mathematics | 2012 |
12 | Steve Jones FRS [11] | Genetics | 2013 |
13 | Sir Christopher Whitty KCB FRCP FRS [12] | Public Health | 2013 |
14 | Lynda Nead FBA [13] | History of Art | 2013 |
15 | Jane Caplan [14] | History | 2013 |
16 | Helga Drummond [15] | Business | 2014 |
17 | Gwen Adshead [16] | Psychiatry | 2014 |
18 | Ian Christie FBA [17] | History of Film and Media | 2017 |
19 | Craig Clunas [18] | Chinese Art | 2017 |
20 | Edith Hall [19] | Classics | 2017 |
21 | Roger Kneebone [20] | Medical Education | 2018 |
22 | Yorick Wilks [21] | Artificial Intelligence | 2018 |
23 | The Revd Canon Richard Burridge [22] | Ethics and Theology | 2018 |
24 | Sir Stephen Sparks CBE FRS [23] | Geology | 2018 |
25 | Jeremy Summerly [24] | Music History | 2019 |
26 | Jim Endersby [25] | History of Science | 2019 |
27 | Roberto Trotta [26] | Cosmology | 2019 |
28 | Thomas Grant KC [27] | Politics and Law | 2020 |
29 | John Mullan [28] | English Literature | 2020 |
30 | Martin Daunton [29] | Economic History | 2020 |
31 | Imogen Goold [30] | Medical Law | 2021 |
32 | Sir Christopher Whitty KCB FRCP FRS [12] | Public Health | 2022 |
33 | Ian Mudway [31] | Environmental Health | 2022 |
34 | Dominic Broomfield-McHugh [32] | Film and Theatre Music | 2023 |
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.
Name | Subject | Started | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Baroness Warnock of Weeke | Rhetoric | 2000 |
2 | Abdullah Ibrahim [1] | Music | 2000 |
3 | Robin Wilson [2] | History of Mathematics | 2001 |
4 | Richard Langham Smith [3] | Music | 2003 |
5 | Allan Chapman FRAS [4] | History of Science | 2003 |
6 | Raj Persaud [5] | Psychiatry | 2004 |
7 | Sir Richard J. Evans FRSL FBA [6] | History | 2008 |
8 | Sir Vernon Bogdanor CBE FBA FRSA [7] | Political History | 2008 |
9 | Glenn D. Wilson [8] | Psychology | 2009 |
10 | Simon Thurley CBE [9] | The Built Environment | 2009 |
11 | Tony Mann [10] | Computing Mathematics | 2012 |
12 | Steve Jones FRS [11] | Genetics | 2013 |
13 | Sir Christopher Whitty KCB FRCP FRS [12] | Public Health | 2013 |
14 | Lynda Nead FBA [13] | History of Art | 2013 |
15 | Jane Caplan [14] | History | 2013 |
16 | Helga Drummond [15] | Business | 2014 |
17 | Gwen Adshead [16] | Psychiatry | 2014 |
18 | Ian Christie FBA [17] | History of Film and Media | 2017 |
19 | Craig Clunas [18] | Chinese Art | 2017 |
20 | Edith Hall [19] | Classics | 2017 |
21 | Roger Kneebone [20] | Medical Education | 2018 |
22 | Yorick Wilks [21] | Artificial Intelligence | 2018 |
23 | The Revd Canon Richard Burridge [22] | Ethics and Theology | 2018 |
24 | Sir Stephen Sparks CBE FRS [23] | Geology | 2018 |
25 | Jeremy Summerly [24] | Music History | 2019 |
26 | Jim Endersby [25] | History of Science | 2019 |
27 | Roberto Trotta [26] | Cosmology | 2019 |
28 | Thomas Grant KC [27] | Politics and Law | 2020 |
29 | John Mullan [28] | English Literature | 2020 |
30 | Martin Daunton [29] | Economic History | 2020 |
31 | Imogen Goold [30] | Medical Law | 2021 |
32 | Sir Christopher Whitty KCB FRCP FRS [12] | Public Health | 2022 |
33 | Ian Mudway [31] | Environmental Health | 2022 |
34 | Dominic Broomfield-McHugh [32] | Film and Theatre Music | 2023 |