Lecturer: Professor John D Barrow FRS, Professor of Mathematical Sciences in the University of Cambridge, and winner of the 2006 Templeton Prize.
Reponse: Professor the Lord Rees of Ludlow Kt, President of the Royal Society, Astonomer Royal, Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics in the University of Cambridge, and Master of Trinity College
Sir Robert Boyle, one of the most celebrated natural philosophers of the seventeenth century, died in 1691. In his Will he set aside funds to establish a lecture series for 'the defense of the Christian religion against atheists and other unbelievers'.
The first Boyle Lectures were delivered in 1692 by Richard Bentley, an important protégé of Sir Isaac Newton and later Master of Trinity College Cambridge. Some of Bentley's lectures were delivered at St Mary-le-Bow, thus establishing a connection between St Mary's and the Boyle Lectures which endured for many years.
At some time in the late nineteenth century, the lectures fell into abeyance, and were revived in 2004 thanks to the generosity of a distinguished body of trustees. They have quickly re-established themselves as significant contributions to the contemporary discourse between faith and science.
13/02/07
St Mary le Bow, Cheapside, London EC2V 6AU
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