The Keeper of Zoology was a zoological academic position within the Natural History Museum (previously British Museum [Natural History])in London, England. The Keeper of Zoology acted as the head of the Department of Zoology. The following is a list of those who have held this position, which existed until 2013 when the Department of Zoology was merged with the departments of Entomology and Botany to form the Department of Life Sciences. Dates are those in office.
John George Children 1837–1840 John Edward Gray 1840–1875 Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther 1875–1895 William Henry Flower 1895–1898 Edwin Ray Lankester 1898–1907 Sidney Frederic Harmer 1909–1921 Charles Tate Regan 1921–1927 William Thomas Calman 1927–1936 Martin Alister Campbell Hinton 1936–1945 Norman Boyd Kinnear 1945–1947 Hampton Wildman Parker 1947–1957 Francis Charles Fraser 1957–1964 John Philip Harding 1964–1971 John Gordon Sheals 1971–1985 John Fordyce Peake 1985–1989 Colin Robert Curds 1993–1997 (acting 1989–1993) Philip Stephen Rainbow 1997–2013
See also Keeper of Botany
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