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.[1]
The Professor of Divinity is appointed in partnership with the City of London Corporation.
List of Gresham Professors of Divinity[edit]
Note, years given as, say, 1596/7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.
Name | Started | |
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1 | Anthony Wotton | March 1596/97 |
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[2] | 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[3] | 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[4] | 2012 |
33 | Alister McGrath[5] | 2015 |
32 | Alec Ryrie[6] | 2018 |
33 | Ronald Hutton[7] | 2022 |
References[edit]
- Gresham College website Texts and video of recent lectures
- Gresham College old website, Internet Archive List of professors
Notes[edit]
- ^ "How We Recruit Speakers | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Bridgen, John (BRGN717J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Sanders, Henry Martyn (SNDS887HM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Gresham College Press Release, 29 June 2012".
- ^ "Gresham College Press Release, 08 April 2015". Archived from the original on 22 July 2015.
- ^ "Alec Ryrie appointed to Divinity Professorship at Gresham College". Durham University. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Ronald Hutton Appointed Gresham Professor of Divinity". gresham.ac.uk. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
Further reading[edit]
- Ward, John (1740). The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College. New York & London: Johnson Reprint Corporation.