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Gresham, Thomas

1519 - 1579

English merchant and financier who advised the Tudor monarchs, founded the Royal Exchange, and gave his name to Gresham’s Law

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Topics

history Early Economics currency_exchange Monetary Theory monetization_on Sound Money

Concepts

Gresham's Law (1858)

Photos

Portrait of Thomas Gresham, 1544, aged 26 — Portrait of Gresham at age 26, commemorating his 1544 marriage Mercers' Company of the City of London · Public domain

Portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham, circa 1565 — Sir Thomas Gresham, c. 1565, National Portrait Gallery, London National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 352) · Public domain