Gresham College
Gresham College was founded in
1579 by Sir Thomas Gresham who also founded the
Royal Exchange in London. It is in Gresham Street EC2. It was an important intellectual centre and hosted the delivery of public lectures on
Divinity,
Music,
Astronomy,
Geometry,
Physics,
Law and
Rhetoric.
Christopher Wren gave the lectures on Astronomy.
It continues to provide public lectures to this day.