Keeper of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum
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The Keeper of Palaeontology was formerly a palaeontological academic position at the Natural History Museum, London. The Keeper of Palaeontology served as the Head of the Department of Palaeontology: following reorganisation in 2013 the Departments of Mineralogy and Palaeontology merged to become the Earth Sciences department.[1]
Between 1813 and 1956 the department was known as the Department of Geology, and the head of the department as the Keeper of Geology.[2]
Keepers of Geology[edit]
- Charles Dietrich Eberhard Konig 1813–1851
- George Robert Waterhouse 1851–1880
- Henry Woodward 1880–1901
- Arthur Smith Woodward 1901–1924
- Francis Arthur Bather 1924–1928
- William Dickson Lang 1928–1938
- Wilfred Norman Edwards 1938–1955
- Errol Ivor White 1955–1956
Keepers of Palaeontology[edit]
- Errol Ivor White 1956–1966
- Harold William Ball 1966–1986
- Leonard Robert Morrison Cocks 1986–1998
- Stephen Kenneth Donovan 1998–2002
- Norman MacLeod 2002–2013
References[edit]
- ^ "Earth Sciences department webpage". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Natural History Museum Archive Catalogue". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2016.