Keeper of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum
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The Keeper of Palaeontology is a palaeontological academic position within the Natural History Museum
, London
. The Keeper of Palaeontology serves as the Head of the Department of Palaeontology. Between 1813 and 1956 the department was known as the Department of Geology, and the head of the department as the Keeper of Geology.
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, London
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. The Keeper of Palaeontology serves as the Head of the Department of Palaeontology. Between 1813 and 1956 the department was known as the Department of Geology, and the head of the department as the Keeper of Geology.
Keepers of Geology
- Charles Dietrich Eberhard Konig 1813-1851
- George Robert WaterhouseGeorge Robert WaterhouseGeorge Robert Waterhouse was an English naturalist.In 1833, Waterhouse was elected as the Royal Entomological Society of London's librarian and curator of insects and records....
1851-1880 - Henry WoodwardHenry WoodwardHenry Woodward may refer to:* Henry Woodward , early colonist of South Carolina who was instrumental in establishing relationships with trade with the Native American Indians...
1880-1901 - Arthur Smith WoodwardArthur Smith WoodwardSir Arthur Smith Woodward was an English palaeontologist.-Biography:Woodward was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England and was educated there and at Owens College, Manchester. He joined the staff of the Department of Geology at the Natural History Museum in 1882. He became assistant Keeper of...
1901-1924 - Francis Arthur BatherFrancis Arthur BatherFrancis Arthur Bather FRS was a British palaeontologist, geologist and malacologist.Bather joined the Department of Geology at the Natural History Museum in 1887...
1924-1928 - William Dickson LangWilliam Dickson LangWilliam Dickson Lang was Keeper of the Department of Geology at the British Museum from 1928 until 1938.He was born at Kurnal, India the second son of Edward Tickle Lang and Hebe, the daughter of John Venn Prior and moved to England at the age of one when the family returned...
1928-1938 - Wilfred Norman Edwards 1938-1955
- Errol Ivor White 1955-1956
Keepers of Palaeontology
- Errol Ivor White 1956-1966
- Harold William Ball 1966-1986
- Leonard Robert Morrison Cocks 1986-1998
- Stephen Kenneth Donovan 1998-2002
- Norman MacLeodNorman MacLeodReverend Norman Macleod was a Scottish clergyman and author.-Early life:Norman Macleod was born in Kirk Street, Campbeltown, to the Rev. Dr. Norman Macleod and Agnes Maxwell; his paternal grandfather, a minister of Morven, bore the same name.His father, at that time minister of Campbeltown, was...
2002-
Reference
- http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/library/archives/catalogue/dserve.exe?dsqServer=placid&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=1&dsqSearch=%28%28%28text%29=%27keeper%27%29AND%28%28text%29=%27palaeontology%27%29%29