Mark Mason

Gresham College

Christopher Wren was a professor, pennies were thrown at lectures and talks are all still free

issue 23 September 2017

How many people need to gather together before it becomes more likely than not that at least two of them will share a birthday? The answer might surprise you. It’s just one of the many intriguing facts that I’ve learned at Gresham College.

Gresham was founded in 1597, the brainchild of Thomas Gresham, king of what’s now called the Square Mile.

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