Gresham Professor of Geometry

The Professor of Geometry 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.

Geometry is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575.

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

[1] Note, the notation used in dates given as, for example, "1596⁄7" refer to the practice of dual dating dates between 1 January and 25 March.

Alain Goriely
Alain Goriely FRS, appointed Gresham Professor of Geometry in 2024