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 appointed seven professors; this has since increased to ten and in addition the college now has visiting professors.

The Professor of Divinity is always appointed by the City of London Corporation.

List of Gresham Professors of Divinity

Note, years given as, say, 1596/7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.

Alister McGrath, former Gresham Professor of Divinity
NameStarted
1Anthony WottonMarch 1596/97
2Hugo Gray1599
3William Dakins14 July 1604
4George Mountayne4 March 1606/07
5William Osbolston13 December 1610
6Samuel Brooke26 September 1612
7Richard Holdsworth28 November 1629
8Thomas Horton26 October 1641
9George Gifford7 June 1661
10Henry Wells2 July 1686
11Edward Lany31 July 1691
12John Bridgen[1]25 September 1728
13B Halifax20 February 1760
14H J Parker7 February 1800
15John William Burgon11 December 1867
16H E J Bevan12 December 1888
17W H Thompson14 March 1904
1939–45 Lectures in abeyance
18Henry Martyn Sanders[2]29 May 1946
19Oscar Hardman1957
20Gordon Huelin1962
21Gordon Phillips1967
22Gordon Reginald Dunstan1969
23Gordon Phillips1971
24Ulrich E Simon1973
25Viscount Combermere1975
26Richard Chartres,
Bishop of London
1987
27John Bowker1 September 1992
28Richard Holloway,
Bishop of Edinburgh
1 September 1997
29Gwen Griffith-Dickson1 September 2001
30Keith Ward1 September 2004
31Richard Harries, Lord Harries of Pentregarth1 September 2008
32Raymond Plant, Lord Plant of Highfield[3]2012
33Alister McGrath[4]2015
32Alec Ryrie[5]2018
33Ronald Hutton[6]2022

References

Notes

  1. "Bridgen, John (BRGN717J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. "Sanders, Henry Martyn (SNDS887HM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Gresham College Press Release, 29 June 2012".
  4. "Gresham College Press Release, 08 April 2015". Archived from the original on 22 July 2015.
  5. "Alec Ryrie appointed to Divinity Professorship at Gresham College". Durham University. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  6. "Ronald Hutton Appointed Gresham Professor of Divinity". gresham.ac.uk. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

Further reading

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