The Professor of Law at Gresham College is appointed by the Mercers’ School Memorial Trust, administered by the Worshipful Company of Mercers. Gresham College is an unusual institution of higher learning in London which enrolls no students and grants no degrees. ... The Worshipful Company of Mercers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. ...
(Years given as, say,1596 / 7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.) In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September...
There are several people named William Palmer: William Palmer (1824-1855), doctor and multiple murderer William Jackson Palmer (1836-1909), American Industrialist, Union General during the American Civil War, founder Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, and City of Colorado Springs, Colorado. ... Sir David Charles Calcutt QC (born November 2 1930; died August 11 2004) was an eminent barrister and public servant. ... Vernon Bogdanor (born 1943) is professor of government at Oxford University and a vice-principal of Brasenose College. ...
The Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College is appointed by the City of London Corporation. ... The Professor of Geometry at Gresham College is appointed by the City of London Corporation. ... The Professor of Music at Gresham College is appointed by the City of London Corporation. ... The Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College is appointed by the Mercers’ School Memorial Trust, administered by the Worshipful Company of Mercers. ...
References
Gresham College old website, Internet Archive List of professors
Further reading
Ward, J [1740] (1967). The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College. New York & London: Johnson Reprint Corporation.
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