| Gresham College, the Royal Society's first home, was inaugurated as a seat of learning in 1597 as part of a bequest made by Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579), merchant and founder of the Royal Exchange. The College still exists as an educational institution but the original building, formerly Gresham's mansion in the City of London, was demolished in the eighteenth century. It stood in Bishopsgate, to the south of the modern Liverpool Street Station, on the site now occupied by Tower 42 (the former NatWest Tower). |
