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Gresham College
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Definition:an institution of higher learning located at Barnard's Inn Hall off Holborn in Central London, England. It does not enroll students and does not award any degrees. It was founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham, and it hosts over 140 free public lectures every year. Since 2001, all lectures have also been made available online.*[...]The early success of the College led to the incorporation of the Royal Society in 1663, which pursued its activities at the College in Bishopsgate before moving to its own premises in Crane Court in 1710.[...]text from Wikpedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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These insects were as large as partridges [...] upon my return to England I gave three of them to Gresham College, and kept the fourth for myself.
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver’s Travels (1726)
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