Gresham Professor of Divinity

Thomas Gresham set out several professorships in his will

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

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Ronald Hutton, appointed Gresham Professor of Divinity in 2022 | Name | Started

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1 | Anthony Wotton | March 1596/97[2]
2 | Hugo Gray | 1599
3 | William Dakins | 14 July 1604
4 | George Mountayne | 4 March 1606/07[2]
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[3] | 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[4] | 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[5] | 2012
33 | Alister McGrath[6] | 2015
32 | Alec Ryrie[7] | 2018
33 | Ronald Hutton[8] | 2022

## References

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* Gresham College website Texts and video of recent lectures
* Gresham College old website, Internet Archive List of professors

## Notes

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1. ^ "How We Recruit Speakers | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
2. ^ a b This date fell in the earlier year under old style (Julian) dating, in the later year under new style (Gegorian) dating. At the time, the calendar year started on 25th March.
3. ^ "Bridgen, John (BRGN717J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. ^ "Sanders, Henry Martyn (SNDS887HM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. ^ "Gresham College Press Release, 29 June 2012". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
6. ^ "Gresham College Press Release, 08 April 2015". Archived from the original on 22 July 2015.
7. ^ "Alec Ryrie appointed to Divinity Professorship at Gresham College". Durham University. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
8. ^ "Ronald Hutton Appointed Gresham Professor of Divinity". gresham.ac.uk. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

## Further reading

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* Ward, John (1740). The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College. New York & London: Johnson Reprint Corporation.

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