This is a list of Directors of the British Geological Survey, or its equivalent, since foundation:

Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1835–1965 1835–1855 Henry De la Beche 1855–1871 Roderick Murchison 1871–1881 Andrew Ramsay 1882–1901 Archibald Geikie 1901–1914 Jethro Teall 1914–1920 Aubrey Strahan 1920–1935 John Flett 1935–1936 Bernard Smith 1937–1945 Edward Battersby Bailey 1945–1950 William McLintock 1950–1960 William Pugh 1960–1965 James Stubblefield Institute of Geological Sciences, 1965–1984 1965–1966 James Stubblefield 1967–1975 Kingsley Dunham 1976–1979 Austin Woodland 1979–1984 Malcolm Brown British Geological Survey, 1984-present 1984–1985 Malcolm Brown 1985–1987 Innes Lumsden 1987–1990 Geoffrey Larminie 1990-1998 Peter J. Cook 1998–2006 David Falvey 2006–2019 John Ludden 2019–present Karen Hanghøj

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