The Professor of Astronomy 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. Astr
Chris Lintott, appointed Gresham Professor of Astronomy in 2023
Thomas Gresham
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Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I and Elizabeth I. In 1565 Gresham founded the Royal Exc
Portrait of Thomas Gresham, aged approximately 41. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
18th century engraving of Sir Thomas Gresham
Gresham's bust at Stowe School
Gresham's initials "TG" and date 1563 with his golden grasshopper emblem, serving as the sign of a bank in Lombard Street, the historic centre of banking in the City of London