Keeper of Botany, Natural History Museum
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The Keeper of Botany is a position at the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...

 (formerly British Museum (Natural History)) in the UK and serves as head of department for botany
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

. The position has been in place since 1827.

Keepers of Botany

The following is a list of those who have held this position. Dates are those in office.
  • Robert Brown
    Robert Brown (botanist)
    Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope...

     1827-1858
  • John Joseph Bennett
    John Joseph Bennett
    John Joseph Bennett was a British botanist.Bennett was assistant keeper of the Banksian herbarium and library at the British Museum from 1827 to 1858, when he succeeded Robert Brown as Keeper of the Botanical Department. He retired in 1870. He was secretary of the Linnean Society of London from...

     1859-1870
  • William Carruthers
    William Carruthers (botanist)
    William C Carruthers was a Scottish botanist.Carruthers was keeper of the Botanical Department at the Natural History Museum from 1871 to 1895. He was consulting botanist to the Royal Agricultural Society ....

     1871-1895
  • George Robert Milne Murray
    George Robert Milne Murray
    George Robert Milne Murray FRS was a Scottish botanist.Murray was born and educated in Arbroath. In 1875 he studied cryptogamic botany at the University of Strasbourg under Anton de Bary. He became an assistant in the Department of Botany at the Natural History Museum, succeeding William...

     1895-1905
  • Alfred Barton Rendle
    Alfred Barton Rendle
    Alfred Barton Rendle FRS was an English botanist.Rendle was born in Lewisham and studied at St John's College, Cambridge...

     1906-1930
  • John Ramsbottom
    John Ramsbottom (mycologist)
    John Ramsbottom was a British mycologist.He was Keeper of Botany at the British Museum . He served as general secretary and twice as president of the British Mycological Society, and was long editor of its Transactions. He was president of the Linnean Society from 1937 to 1940 and was awarded...

     1930-1950
  • George Taylor
    George Taylor (botanist)
    Sir George Taylor FRS FRSE FLS was a Scottish botanist.Taylor was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1956–71.- References :...

     1950-1956
  • James Edgar Dandy
    James Edgar Dandy
    James Edgar Dandy was a British botanist, Keeper of Botany, at the British Museum between 1956 and 1966.- References :...

     1956-1966
  • Robert Ross
    Robert Ross (botanist)
    Robert Ross a Fellow of the Linnean Society was an English botanist. He was Keeper of Botany at the British Natural History Museum.- References :*...

     1966-1977
  • John Francis Michael Cannon 1977-1990
  • Stephen John Blackmore 1990-2000
  • Richard Bateman
    Richard Bateman (botanist)
    Richard Mark Bateman is a British botanist.He was awarded the Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society in 1994.- References:...

     2000-2004
  • Johannes C. Vogel 2004-present
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