Gresham College

Gresham College aims to sponsor innovative research and provides free public lectures on a diverse range of subjects:  Art and Literature, Business,  History, Law, Mathematics,  Medical Science,  Music,  Politics, Religion,  Science,  and more.     Its eight constituent professors,  including the Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of Commerce,  and frequent visiting professors and guest speakers deliver over 100 public events a year. 

The College is jointly administered by the Mercers’ Company and the City of London Corporation. London’s oldest higher education institution, it was established in 1597 by Sir Thomas Gresham, Mercer and Elizabethan financier, who also founded the Royal Exchange.