Sir Thomas Gresham

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English merchant economic theorist financier human

Sir Thomas Gresham was a 16th-century English merchant and financier best known for founding the Royal Exchange in London and formulating Gresham’s Law in economics.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English merchant ⓘ economic theorist ⓘ financier ⓘ human ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Antwerp NERFINISHED ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	c. 1519 ⓘ
birthPlace	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
burialPlace	St Helen’s Bishopsgate NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissioned	construction of the Royal Exchange building ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate	1579-11-21 ⓘ
deathPlace	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
educatedAt	Gonville Hall, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Gray’s Inn NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Tudor period ⓘ
father	Sir Richard Gresham NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	economics ⓘ finance ⓘ international trade ⓘ
founded	Gresham College NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Exchange NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLawNamedAfter	Gresham’s Law NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
inspiredBy	Antwerp Bourse NERFINISHED ⓘ
knightedBy	Queen Elizabeth I NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	formulation of Gresham’s Law ⓘ founding the Royal Exchange in London ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legacy	endowment that led to the creation of Gresham College ⓘ
memberOf	Worshipful Company of Mercers NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Thomas Gresham NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle	knight ⓘ
notableIdea	“bad money drives out good” ⓘ
notableWork	financial reorganization of English royal debt on the Antwerp market ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ financier ⓘ merchant ⓘ
patronage	scholarship and learning in London ⓘ
positionHeld	financial agent of the English Crown ⓘ royal agent in the Low Countries ⓘ
residence	Bishopsgate, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedMonarch	Edward VI NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Anne Fernley NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Gresham Professor of Geometry → foundedBy → Sir Thomas Gresham ⓘ

Royal Exchange, London → foundedBy → Sir Thomas Gresham ⓘ

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