Gresham Professor of Rhetoric

Gresham Professor of Rhetoric

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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 / 7, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to eight and in addition the college now has visiting professors.

The Professor of Rhetoric is always appointed by the Mercers’ School Memorial Trust, which is administered by the Worshipful Company of Mercers. The title is a broad one, and Professors of Rhetoric have included historians, poets, educators and literary critics.

(Years given as, say,"1596 / 7" refer to Old Style and New Style dates.)

ee also

* Gresham Professor of Astronomy
* Gresham Professor of Commerce
* Gresham Professor of Divinity
* Gresham Professor of Geometry
* Gresham Professor of Law
* Gresham Professor of Music
* Gresham Professor of Physic
* Visiting Gresham Professor

References

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041019231900/http://www.gresham.ac.uk/special/professors.htm Gresham College old website, Internet Archive] List of professors

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