Gresham Professor of Astronomy

The Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1596/97, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to ten and in addition the college now has visiting professors.

Katherine Blundell, appointed Gresham Professor of Astronomy in 2019

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

List of Gresham Professors of Astronomy

Note, years given as, say, 1596/97 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.

NameStarted
1Edward BrerewoodMarch 1596/97
2Thomas Williams11 November 1613
3Edmund Gunter6 March 1619/20
4Henry Gellibrand2 January 1626/27
5Samuel Foster2 March 1636/37
6Mungo Murray25 November 1637
7Samuel Foster26 May 1641
8Lawrence Rooke23 July 1652
9Sir Christopher Wren7 August 1657
10Walter Pope8 March 1660/61
11Daniel Man21 September 1687
12Alexander Torriano31 July 1691
13John Machin16 May 1713
14William Romaine25 June 1751
15William Cockayne21 April 1752
16Peter Sandiford16 July 1795
17Joseph Pullen[1]3 December 1833
18Edmund Ledger[2]27 July 1875
19Samuel Arthur Saunder2 December 1908
20Arthur Robert Hinks17 April 1913
(1939–45 Lectures in abeyance)
21William Herbert Steavenson29 May 1946
22Sir John Carroll1964
23Sir Martin Ryle1968
24Roger Tayler1969
25Sir Martin Rees,
Baron Rees of Ludlow FRS		1975
26David W Dewhirst1976-80
27Michael Rowan-Robinson1981
28Andrew Fabian1982
29Raymond Hide1984
30George Porter,
Baron Porter of Luddenham OM FRS		1 September 1990
31Heather Couper FRAS1 September 1993
32Colin Pillinger FRS1 September 1996
33Frank Close OBE1 September 2000
34John D Barrow FRS1 September 2003
35Ian Morison FRAS1 August 2007
36Carolin Crawford1 August 2011
37Joseph Silk2015
38Katherine Blundell2019[3]

See also

Notes
  1. "Pullen, Joseph (PLN826J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. "Ledger, Edmund (LGR859E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Professor Katherine Blundell OBE". Gresham College. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

References

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