The Professor of Physic (medicine) at Gresham College in London, England, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1596 / 7, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to eight and in addition the college now has visiting professors.
The Professor of Physic is always appointed by the Mercers’ School Memorial Trust, which is administered by the Worshipful Company of Mercers.
(Years given as, say, 1596 / 7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.)
| 1 | Matthew Gwinne | March 1596 / 7 |
| 2 | Peter Mounsell | Sept 1607 |
| 3 | Thomas Winston | 25 Oct 1615 |
| 4 | Paul de Laune | 13 June 1643 |
| 5 | Thomas Winston | 20 August 1652 |
| 6 | Jonathan Goddard FRS | 7 Nov 1655 |
| 7 | John Mapletoft | 27 March 1675 |
| 8 | Henry Paman | 21 June 1679 |
| 9 | Edward Stillingfleet | 21 June 1689 |
| 10 | John Woodward | 13 Jan 1692-1703 |
| 11 | Henry Pemberton | 24 May 1728 |
| 12 | Thomas Healde | 27 March 1771 |
| 13 | Christopher Stanger | 25 March 1789 |
| 14 | Henry Herbert Southey | 24 Oct 1834 |
| 15 | Henry Powell | 27 July1965 |
| 16 | E Symes Thompson | 5 July 1867 |
| 17 | Fleming Mant Sandwith | 14 March 1907 |
| 18 | Robert Armstrong-Jones | 24 May 1918 |
| 19 | George Newman | 26 July 1929 |
| 20 | James Alison Glover | 12 Oct 1934 |
| 21 | Vincent Sutherland Hodson | 13 April 1937 |
| 1939–45 Lectures in abeyance | ||
| 22 | Hamilton Hartridge | 6 June 1946 |
| 23 | John Leonard d’Silva | 1955 |
| 24 | Arthur John Buller | 1962 |
| 25 | Invited lectures: H Harris and D V Davies | 1964-65 |
| 26 | J P Quilliam | 1965 |
| 27 | H C Stewart | 1968 |
| 28 | David Slome | 1970-84? |
| 29 | John Daniel Griffiths | 1986 |
| 30 | Sir Kenneth L Stuart | 1988 |
| 31 | Francis G Cox | 1 Sept 1992 |
| 32 | Susan Adele Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield |
1 Sept 1995 |
| 33 | Hilary Rose and Steven Rose | 1 Sept 1999 |
| 34 | Keith Kendrick | 1 Sept 2002 |
| 35 | Christopher Dye | 1 Sept 2006 |
| 36 | William Ayliffe | 1 Sept 2009 |
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