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Professor Parker was the Gresham Professor of Music between 2006 and 2010. He is currently the Thurston Dart Professor of Music at King’s College London. He studied at the University of London, first at Goldsmiths, then at King’s. He then
Piers Hellawell is a composer, writer and photographer. He is Professor of Composition at Queen's University in Belfast and was the Gresham Professor of Music between 2000 and 2003. His work has been performed at the Henry Wood Promenade concerts
Joanna MacGregor was the Gresham Professor of Music with Stephen Pratt between 1997 and 2000. She is thought of as one of the world’s most innovative musicians, committed to expressing musical connections in increasingly diverse and original programmes. Artistic Director
Stephen Pratt was the Gresham Professor of Music with Joanna McGregor between 1997 and 2000. He is Professor of Music at Liverpool Hope University. Professor Pratt studied first to be a teacher, at Christ’s College of Education, and later he
Peter Renshaw was the Gresham Professor of Music between 1986 and 1993. Until his retirement in 2001, he was Head of Research and Development at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Subsequently he chaired the Steering Group for Youth
Sir David Calcutt was the Gresham Professor of Law between 1992 and 1995. An eminent barrister, Sir David Calcutt served as chairman of numerous government inquiries and tribunals, but was perhaps best known for his recommendations for statutory controls of
Kenneth R. Simmonds was the Gresham Professor of Law between 1988 and 1992. The Independent on the 3rd of May 1995 carried the following obiturary of Professor Simmonds by Brain Hill: Kenneth Simmonds was one of the leading British international
Alister McGrath was Gresham Professor of Divinity from 2015-2018. He is the Andreos Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford, and one of the world’s most respected theologians.
Lord Plant has been Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Philosophy at King’s College London since 2002 and he has been a Member of the House of Lords since 1992. Prior to his position at the Dickson Poon School of Law
Professor the Rt Revd Lord Harries was the Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006. He was previously the Dean of King's College London, where he is now a Fellow and an Honorary Professor of Theology.