Gresham Professor of Music

The Professor of Music at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it created seven professorships; this was later increased to ten. Music is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575.

The Professor of Music is appointed in partnership with the City of London Corporation.

List of Gresham Professors of Music

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

References

Sources

• List of professors, Gresham College old website, Internet Archive, 2004.

Further reading