- Source: Gresham Professor of Divinity
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.
The Professor of Divinity is appointed in partnership with the City of London Corporation.
List of Gresham Professors of Divinity
References
Gresham College website Texts and video of recent lectures
Gresham College old website, Internet Archive List of professors
Notes
Further reading
Ward, John (1740). The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College. New York & London: Johnson Reprint Corporation.