For his great-nephew of the same name, see Thomas Gresham (died 1630).
Sir
Thomas Gresham
Portrait of Thomas Gresham, aged approximately 41. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
Born
Thomas Gresham the Elder
c. 1519
London, England
Died
21 November 1579(1579-11-21) (aged 59–60)
London, England
Resting place
St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate, London, England
Nationality
British
Education
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)
Merchant, financier
Known for
Founder of The Royal Exchange and Gresham College
Spouse
Anne Ferneley
(m. 1544)
Parent
Sir Richard Gresham (father)
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) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). In 1565 Gresham founded the Royal Exchange in the City of London.
Sir ThomasGresham 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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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...
sciences. Gresham College, in London, has been providing free public lectures since its founding in 1597 through the will of Sir ThomasGresham. The Royal...
The Gresham Club was founded in 1843 and dissolved in 1991. It was named after ThomasGresham. The Gresham Club's last site was located on Abchurch Lane...
of the London Royal Exchange, itself based upon the family crest of ThomasGresham. The area between the eastern end of Faneuil Hall and Congress Street...
Geometry is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of ThomasGresham in 1575. The Professor of Geometry is appointed in partnership with...
Portrait of Sir ThomasGresham (1560–1565) - Oil on panel, 90 x 75.5 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; see image above Portrait of Lady Gresham (Anne Femely)...
disaster that resulted caused Warwick to hand the initiative to the expert ThomasGresham. By 1552, confidence in the coinage was restored, prices fell and trade...
the symbol of “The Grasshopper”, that could trace its origins back to ThomasGresham and the London goldsmiths, from which it developed into a bank known...
Astronomy is one of the original subjects as set out by the will of ThomasGresham in 1575. The Professor of Astronomy is appointed in partnership with...
was in Antwerp in September 1561, and was a friend of Sir ThomasGresham; according to Gresham, Leigh was 'the man that preserved me when Queen Mary came...
currency as payments. In concert with her advisers William Cecil and ThomasGresham the queen became convinced that these problems could be solved by restoring...
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