Gresham Professor of Rhetoric
The Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1596 / 1597, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to nine and in addition the college now has visiting professors.
The Professor of Rhetoric is always appointed by the Mercers' Side of the Joint Grand Gresham Committee, a body administered jointly by the Worshipful Company of Mercers and the City of London Corporation. The title is a broad one, and Professors of Rhetoric have included historians, poets, educators and literary critics.
List of Gresham Professors of Rhetoric[]
Note, years given as, for example 1596 / 1597, refer to Old Style and New Style dates.
Name | Started | |
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1 | March 1596 / 1597 | |
2 | 1598 | |
3 | Charles Croke | 14 January 1613 / 1614 |
4 | Henry Croke | 26 May 1619 |
5 | 13 April 1627 | |
6 | 6 November 1638 | |
7 | 29 November 1654 | |
8 | William Croune FRS | 8 June1659 |
9 | Henry Jenkes | 21 October 1670 |
10 | [1] | 2 October 1676 |
11 | Charles Gresham | 20 August 1686 |
12 | 4 December 1696 | |
13 | John Ward | 1 September 1720 |
14 | Joseph Whateley | 19 January 1759 |
15 | [2] | 11 April 1797 |
16 | 7 January 1808 | |
17 | [3] | 13 November 1817 |
18 | Charlton Lane | 23 April 1863 |
19 | 9 July 1875 | |
20 | 4 February 1881 | |
21 | 22 January 1915 | |
22 | Oliver Elton | 19 April 1929 |
23 | George Stuart Gordon | 2 May 1930 |
24 | 8 December 1933 | |
1939–1945 Lectures in abeyance | ||
25 | 6 June 1946 | |
26 | Lord David Cecil | 27 June 1947 |
27 | Nevill Coghill | 14 October 1948 |
28 | William Empson | 1953 |
29 | Richard Hughes | 1954 |
30 | Bonamy Dobrée | 1957 |
31 | Stephen Spender | 1961 |
32 | John Wain | 1963 (Hilary term) |
33 | Cecil Day-Lewis | 1963–1964 |
34 | Patric Dickinson | 1965–1967 |
35 | Sir Robert Birley | 1968–1982 |
1983–1984 vacant | ||
36 | 1985 | |
37 | Jan Kott | 1986 |
38 | 1987 | |
39 | 1988 | |
40 | Sir | 1990 |
41 | Peter G. Moore | 1 September 1992 |
42 | Peter Hennessy | 1 September 1994 |
43 | 1 September 1997 | |
44 | Richard Sorabji CBE FBA | 1 September 2000 |
45 | Kathleen Burk | 1 September 2003 |
46 | Rodney Barker | 1 September 2006 |
47 | Richard J. Evans | 1 September 2009 |
48 | Belinda Jack | 1 September 2013[4] |
49 | Sir Jonathan Bate | 1 September 2017 |
Notes[]
- ^ William, Birken. "King, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47336. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Waugh, Joseph Thomas (WH784JT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Owen, Edward (OWN802E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ 'Four Century Old Tradition continued through The Mysteries of Reading and Writing: Belinda Jack appointed to London’s Oldest Professorship' Gresham College press release concerning the appointment
References[]
- Gresham College old website, Internet Archive List of professors
- Gresham Professor of Rhetoric - page on the Gresham College website
Further reading[]
- Ward, John (1740). The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College. New York & London: Johnson Reprint Corporation.
Categories:
- Professorships at Gresham College
- Rhetoricians
- 1596 establishments in England