The Great Fire: A Catastrophe that made London

Arguably, ‘one of the best things that ever happened to London’ with 60% of the City of London rebuilt from scratch after the Great Fire.

Professor Simon Thurley, former Provost of Gresham College

Professor Simon Thurley CBE

Visiting Professor of the Built Environment

Professor Thurley is a leading architectural historian, a regular broadcaster and was, for thirteen years and Visiting Gresham Professor of the Built Environment.

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