Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (/ˈɡrɛʃəm/; c. 1519 – 21 November 1579) was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553)...
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economist Henry Dunning Macleod after Sir Thomas Gresham (1519–1579), an English financier during the Tudor dynasty. Gresham had urged Queen Elizabeth to restore...
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Royal Exchange, London (redirect from The Gresham Grasshopper)
Exchange in London was founded in the 16th century by the merchant Sir Thomas Gresham on the suggestion of his factor Richard Clough to act as a centre of...
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students or award degrees. It was founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham, and hosts over 140 free public lectures every year. Since 2001, all...
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politician Sir Richard Gresham (1494–1549), merchant Suzette Gresham, American chef Sir Thomas Gresham (c. 1519 – 1579), after whom Gresham's law is named, founder...
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Sir Thomas Gresham. The Gresham family had been settled in the Norfolk village of Gresham since at least the late 14th century. Richard Gresham's grandfather...
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pageantry in the mid- 16th century. For instance Sir Rowland Hill and Sir Thomas Gresham together with Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, are recording as watching...
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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...
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public. Gresham College, in London, has been providing free public lectures since its founding in 1597 through the will of Sir Thomas Gresham. The Royal...
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Gresham's School is a private school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in Holt, Norfolk, England, one of the top thirty International Baccalaureate...
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Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell. He was Lord Mayor of London and founded Gresham's School. He was the brother of Sir Richard Gresham. Gresham was probably...
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Gresham Street /ɡrɛʃəm/ in the City of London is named after the English merchant and financier Thomas Gresham. It runs from the junction of Lothbury,...
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of the Gresham Palace, which was completed in 1906 and opened in 1907. It was named after the 16th-century English financier Sir Thomas Gresham, the founder...
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Portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham (1560–1565) - Oil on panel, 90 x 75.5 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; see image above Portrait of Lady Gresham (Anne Femely)...
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structure was completed in 1927 and was completely refurbished in 2024. Thomas Gresham, the hotel's founder, was a foundling child, abandoned on the steps...
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The Gresham Club was founded in 1843 and dissolved in 1991. It was named after Thomas Gresham. The Gresham Club's last site was located on Abchurch Lane...
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Times of Sir Thomas Gresham Volume One, 1839 R Jennings (pub), London, p427 John William Burgon, The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Gresham Volume One, 1839...
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by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575. The Professor of Divinity is appointed in partnership with the City of London Corporation. Gresham College website...
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of the London Royal Exchange, itself based upon the family crest of Thomas Gresham. The area between the eastern end of Faneuil Hall and Congress Street...
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Walter Quintin Gresham (March 17, 1832 – May 28, 1895) was an American attorney, jurist, statesman, and politician who served in the cabinets of presidents...
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Sir Thomas Gresham (c. 1547 – 1630) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1604 and 1622. Gresham was the eldest...
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the symbol of “The Grasshopper”, that could trace its origins back to Thomas Gresham and the London goldsmiths, from which it developed into a bank known...
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Jonathan Gresham (born March 20, 1988) is an American professional wrestler signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He also makes appearances...
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Edward VI (section Thomas Seymour)
disaster that resulted caused Warwick to hand the initiative to the expert Thomas Gresham. By 1552, confidence in the coinage was restored, prices fell and trade...
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was in Antwerp in September 1561, and was a friend of Sir Thomas Gresham; according to Gresham, Leigh was 'the man that preserved me when Queen Mary came...
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house near Oxted in Surrey, England. It was successively the seat of the Gresham and Leveson-Gower families and is now preserved by a charitable trust for...
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Astronomy is one of the original subjects as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575. The Professor of Astronomy is appointed in partnership with...
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Gresham is a village and civil parish in North Norfolk, England, five miles (8 km) south-west of Cromer. A predominantly rural parish, Gresham centres...
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good", which later came to be referred to as Gresham's law after a later describer, Sir Thomas Gresham. This phenomenon had been noted earlier by Nicole...
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international trade and commerce. The Royal Exchange was founded in 1565 by Sir Thomas Gresham as a centre of commerce for London's merchants, and gained Royal patronage...
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