The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Gresham College
Bishopsgate (Neighbourhood), London (Settlement), England
View Larger MapDescription of institution: Quarrell and Mare describe Gresham College as "the former dwelling-house of the founder, Sir Thomas Gresham, in Bishopsgate Street. The work of the college began in 1597. The old house was demolished in 1768. Dr. Robert Hooke, the renowned mathematician, lived thirty-nine years in the old college and died there on 3 March, 1703. The Royal Society met in the college from 1660 to 1710, in which year the Society removed to 2 Crane Court, Fleet Street, and carried on its affairs there till 1780, the date of the [its] removal to Somerset House" (97). URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham_College Location contains: Royal Society Repository (Museum and/or Archive)
Royal Society of London (Institution)
Royal Society of London Archives (Museum and/or Archive)
People associated with this location: Gresham, Thomas (1518-1579) - Institutional affiliation with
Manuscript Items linked to this location: Originating Location (object) - "[John Woodward to Ralph Thoresby]," Bishop Auckland
Originating Location (object) - "[John Woodward to Ralph Thoresby]," Bishopsgate
Originating Location (object) - "[Letter from John Woodward to Ralph Thoresby]," Bishop Auckland
Originating Location (object) - "[Letter from John Woodward to Ralph Thoresby]," Bishopsgate
Print Sources linked to this location: Subject of discourse or work of art - London in 1710, from the Travels of Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach .