Gwen Adshead delivering a Gresham College lecture in 2015

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
1Baroness Warnock of WeekeRhetoric2000
2Abdullah IbrahimMusic2000
3Robin WilsonHistory of Mathematics2001
4Richard Langham SmithMusic2003
5Allan Chapman FRASHistory of Science2003
6Raj PersaudPsychiatry2004
7Sir Richard J. Evans FRSL FBAHistory2008
8Sir Vernon Bogdanor CBE FBA FRSAPolitical History2008
9Glenn D. WilsonPsychology2009
10Simon Thurley CBEThe Built Environment2009
11Tony MannComputing Mathematics2012
12Steve Jones FRSGenetics2013
13Sir Christopher Whitty KCB FRCP FRSPublic Health2013
14Lynda Nead FBAHistory of Art2013
15Jane CaplanHistory2013
16Helga DrummondBusiness2014
17Gwen AdsheadPsychiatry2014
18Ian Christie FBAHistory of Film and Media2017
19Craig ClunasChinese Art2017
20Edith HallClassics2017
21Roger KneeboneMedical Education2018
22Yorick WilksArtificial Intelligence2018
23The Revd Canon Richard BurridgeEthics and Theology2018
24Sir Stephen Sparks CBE FRSGeology2018
25Jeremy SummerlyMusic History2019
26Jim EndersbyHistory of Science2019
27Roberto TrottaCosmology2019
28Thomas Grant KCPolitics and Law2020
29John MullanEnglish Literature2020
30Martin DauntonEconomic History2020
31Imogen GooldMedical Law2021
32Sir Christopher Whitty KCB FRCP FRSPublic Health2022
33Ian MudwayEnvironmental Health2022
34Dominic Broomfield-McHughFilm and Theatre Music2023

Notes

  • . Gresham College. Archived from on 19 October 2004.