Keeper of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum explained

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

• 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Earth Sciences department webpage . Natural History Museum . 19 August 2021.
2. Web site: Natural History Museum Archive Catalogue . Nhm.ac.uk . 2016-03-12.