Natural History

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The Chair of Natural History was instituted in 1767, with the first Professor in post 3 years after.

Professors of Natural History

Regius Chair of Natural History

1770-1778: Robert Ramsay (1735–1778)
1779-1803: John Walker (1731-1803)
1804-1854: Robert Jameson (1774-1854)
1854: Edward Forbes (1815-1854)
1855-1870: George James Allman (1812-1898)
1870-1882: Sir Wyville C. T. Thomson (1830-1882)
1882-1927: James Cossar Ewart (1851-1933)
1927-1936: James Hartley Ashworth (1874-1936)
1936-1952: James Ritchie (1882-1958), 1936-1952
1952-1965: Sir Michael Meredith Swann (1920-1990)
1966-1980: Peter Martin Brabazon Walker (1922-2006)

Chair of Natural History

Aubrey Manning, 1973-1997

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