Gresham Professor of Geometry

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academic chair position at Gresham College professorship

Gresham Professor of Geometry is a prestigious academic chair at Gresham College in London, historically associated with leading mathematicians and scientists who deliver free public lectures on geometry and related fields.

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Label	Occurrences
Gresham College professorships	1
Gresham Professor of Geometry canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic chair ⓘ position at Gresham College ⓘ professorship ⓘ
accessMode	free to the public ⓘ
aimsTo	foster lifelong learning in mathematics ⓘ make advanced mathematics accessible to a general audience ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	City of London ⓘ
basedOn	endowment of Sir Thomas Gresham ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
employer	Gresham College ⓘ
fieldOfWork	applied mathematics ⓘ geometry ⓘ mathematical sciences ⓘ mathematics ⓘ
foundedBy	Sir Thomas Gresham ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline	applied geometry ⓘ geometry ⓘ mathematical analysis ⓘ mathematical modelling ⓘ
hasDuty	deliver free public lectures ⓘ promote understanding of mathematics ⓘ teach geometry to the public ⓘ
hasPart	public lectures ⓘ
hasQuality	prestigious ⓘ
hasRoleIn	public engagement with mathematics ⓘ
hasTemporalCoverage	early modern period to present ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.gresham.ac.uk ⓘ
inception	1597 ⓘ
isNonProfitActivity	true ⓘ
isOneOf	original Gresham College chairs ⓘ
isPublicOffice	true ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	City of London ⓘ England ⓘ Gresham College ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
notableFor	association with leading mathematicians ⓘ free public lectures in geometry ⓘ role in public education in mathematics ⓘ
partOf	Gresham Professor of Geometry self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gresham College professorships
partOfSeries	Gresham College ⓘ surface form: Gresham Professorships
selectionCriteria	distinction in mathematics or related fields ⓘ
sponsor	Gresham College ⓘ
typicalVenue	Barnard’s Inn Hall ⓘ online lecture platform of Gresham College ⓘ
usesMedium	online videos ⓘ public lectures ⓘ published lecture transcripts ⓘ

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