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Thomas Gresham
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English merchant and financier (c. 1519 – 1579)
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Vinony files it under 1510s births, 1579 deaths and 16th-century English merchants.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Exact Copy of the Last Will and Testament, of Sir Thomas Gresham, Kt. to Which Are Added, an Abridgement of an Act of Parliament, Passed in the Twenty Third of Q. Elizabeth, A. D. 1581
- The Last Will and Testament, of Sir Thomas Gresham
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- ambassador
- Educated at
- Gonville and Caius College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Image
- Portretten van Sir Thomas Gresham en Anne Fernely Rijksmuseum SK-A-3118.jpeg
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- Commons category
- Thomas Gresham
- date of birth
- 1519-01-01
- date of death
- 1579-11-21
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- Thomas Gresham
- writing language
- English language
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- P12749
- Hajo Holborn
- place of burial
- St Helen's Bishopsgate
Sources (3)
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Article · Français
Sir Thomas Gresham (env. 1519 - 21 novembre 1579) était un marchand anglais et surtout un financier qui travailla pour le roi Édouard VI, puis sa demi-sœur, la reine Élisabeth Ire. Son savoir-faire dans le domaine de la gestion des devises et des équilibres financiers en fait l'un des premiers praticiens des questions monétaires. À ce titre, il est connu pour avoir formulé, en reprenant également les constatations antérieures de Nicolas Copernic, la « loi dite de Gresham » selon laquelle « la mauvaise monnaie chasse la bonne ».
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