The Professor of Geometry at

Gresham College Gresham College is an institution of higher learning located at Barnard's Inn Hall off Holborn in Central London, England. It does not enroll students or award degrees. It was founded in 1596 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham, and hosts ...

, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to ten and in addition the college now has visiting professors. The Professor of Geometry is always appointed by the

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List of Gresham Professors of Geometry

Note, years given as, say, ''1596/7'' refer to

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References

Gresham College old website, Internet Archive
List of professors
Gresham College website
Profile of current professor and list of past professors

Notes

External links

'400 Years of Geometry at Gresham College'
lecture by Robin Wilson at

, 14 May 2008 (available for download as PDF, audio and video files)

List of Gresham Professors of Geometry

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External links

Further reading