Gresham Professor of Physic explained

The Professor of Physic at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public, typically on medicine, health and related sciences. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it created seven professorships; this was later increased to ten. Physic (the common term for medicine in this period) is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Sir Thomas Gresham in 1575. The Professor of Physic is appointed in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Mercers.[1]

Past Professors of Physic have included leading figures in medicine, public health, surgery and clinical science, such as Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Boyle. Additionally, other eminent medical scientists and physicians were Gresham Professors of other disciplines, like Sir William Petty, one of the founders of demography, who served as Professor of Music from 1651.

List of Gresham Professors of Physic

Name Started
1 March 1596 / 7
2 Peter Mounsell Sept 1607
3 25 Oct 1615
4 13 June 1643
5 20 August 1652
6 Jonathan Goddard FRS 7 Nov 1655
7 John Mapletoft FRS 27 March 1675
8 Henry Paman FRS 21 June 1679
9 Edward Stillingfleet FRS 21 June 1689
10 John Woodward FRS 13 Jan 1692-1703
11 Henry Pemberton FRS 24 May 1728
12 Thomas Healde FRS 27 March 1771
13 25 March 1789
14 Henry Herbert Southey FRS 24 Oct 1834
15 Henry Powell 27 July 1865
16 5 July 1867
17 Fleming Mant Sandwith 14 March 1907
18 24 May 1918
19 26 July 1929
20 James Alison Glover12 Oct 1934
21 Vincent Sutherland Hodson 13 April 1937
1939–45 Lectures in abeyance
22 Hamilton Hartridge FRS 6 June 1946
23 John Leonard d’Silva 1955
24 Arthur John Buller 1962
25 Invited lectures: H Harris and D V Davies 1964-65
26 J P Quilliam 1965
27 H C Stewart 1968
28 David Slome 1970-84?
29 John Daniel Griffiths[2] 1986
30 Sir Kenneth L Stuart[3] 1988
31 Francis Cox[4] 1 Sept 1992
32 Susan Greenfield,
Baroness Greenfield[5] 		1 Sept 1995
33 Hilary Rose[6] and Steven Rose[7] 1 Sept 1999
34 Keith Kendrick[8] 1 Sept 2002
35 Christopher Dye FRS[9] 1 Sept 2006
36 William Ayliffe[10] 1 Sept 2009
37 Martin Elliott[11] 1 Sept 2014
38 Sir Chris Whitty[12] 2018
39Robin May[13] 2022

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: How We Recruit Speakers Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  2. Web site: Professor John Daniel Griffiths Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  3. Web site: Professor Sir Kenneth L Stuart MD FRCP Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  4. Web site: Professor Francis Cox DSc Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  5. Web site: Baroness Susan Greenfield Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  6. Web site: Professor Hilary Rose Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  7. Web site: Professor Steven Rose Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  8. Web site: Professor Keith Kendrick Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  9. Web site: Professor Christopher Dye Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  10. Web site: Professor William Ayliffe FRCS PhD Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  11. Web site: Professor Martin Elliott Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  12. Web site: Professor Chris Whitty FRS Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  13. Web site: Professor Robin May Gresham College . 2024-06-12 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.

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