Gresham Professor of Music
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The Professor of Music at Gresham College is appointed by the City of London Corporation.
(Years given as, say,1596 / 7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.)
| 1 | John Bull | March 1596 / 7 |
| 2 | Thomas Clayton | 20 Dec 1607 |
| 3 | John Taverner | 17 Nov 1610 |
| 4 | Richard Knight | 28 August 1638 |
| 5 | Sir William Petty FRS | 7 Feb 1650 / 1 |
| 6 | Thomas Baynes | 8 March 1660 / 1 |
| 7 | William Perry | 9 August 1681 |
| 8 | John Newey | 9 Oct 1696 |
| 9 | Robert Shippen | 4 Dec 1705 |
| 10 | Edward Shippen | 7 Oct 1710 |
| 11 | John Gordon | 16 Jan 1723 / 4 |
| 12 | Thomas Brome | 12 March 1739 / 40 |
| 13 | Charles Gardner | 6 Dec 1745 |
| 14 | T Griffin | 11 Jan 1763 |
| 15 | Theodore Aylward | 5 June 1771 |
| 16 | Jno S Stevens | 17 March 1801 |
| 17 | Edward Taylor | 24 Oct 1837 |
| 18 | Henry Wyld | 10 July 1863 |
| 19 | Frederick Bridge | 30 April 1890 |
| 20 | Henry Walford Davies | 11 July 1924 |
| 1939–45 Lectures in abeyance | ||
| 21 | Peter Latham | 29 May 1946 |
| 22 | Anthony Hopkins (sp?) | 1963 |
| 23 | Brian Trowell | 1971 |
| 24 | Iannis Xenakis | 1975 |
| 25 | – vacant – | 1978-79 |
| 26 | A Percival | 1980 |
| 27 | – vacant – | 1983 |
| 28 | John Dankworth | 1984 |
| 29 | Peter Renshaw | 1986 |
| 30 | David Owen Norris | 1 Sept 1993 |
| 31 | Stephen Pratt/ Joanna MacGregor | 1 Sept 1997 |
| 32 | Piers Hellawell | 1 Sept 2000 |
| 33 | Adrian Thomas | 1 Sept 2003 |
[edit] See also
- Gresham Professor of Astronomy
- Gresham Professor of Commerce
- Gresham Professor of Divinity
- Gresham Professor of Geometry (mathematics)
- Gresham Professor of Law
- Gresham Professor of Physic (medicine)
- Gresham Professor of Rhetoric
- Visiting Gresham Professor
[edit] References
- Gresham College old website, Internet Archive List of professors
[edit] Further reading
- Ward, J [1740] (1967). The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College. New York & London: Johnson Reprint Corporation.
