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Thomas Gresham

(Gresham, Thomas, 1519?-1579)

Portret van Sir Thomas Gresham. Koopman en financieel agent der Engelse kroon in de Nederlanden, stichter van de Londense beurs en van Gresham College te Londen. Zittend in een stoel, handschoenen in de rechterhand. Pendant van SK-A-3119.

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Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (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. (From Wikipedia)

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Gresham, Thomas, 1519?-1579 -- Juvenile fiction

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The Golden Grasshopper: A Story of the Days of Sir Thomas Gresham, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

4 additional books about Thomas Gresham in the extended shelves:

Sir Thomas Gresham (1518-1579) (L. Parsons;, 1925), by F. R. Salter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The life and times of Sir Thomas Gresham. (R. Jennings, 1839), by John William Burgon and England) Royal Exchange (London (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and times of Sir Thomas Gresham ; comp. chiefly from his correspondence preserved in Her Majesty's state-paper office: including notices of many of his contemporaries. (R. Jennings, 1839), by John William Burgon (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and times of Sir Thomas Gresham; comp. chiefly from his correspondence preserved in Her Majesty's statepaper office: including notices of many of his contemporaries. With illustrations. (E. Wilson, 1843), by John William Burgon (page images at HathiTrust)

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