Natural History

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

Professors of Natural History

Robert Ramsay, 1770-

John Walker, 1779-

Robert Jameson, 1804-

Edward Forbes, 1854-

George James Allman, 1855-

Sir Wyville C. T. Thomson, 1870-

James Cossar Ewart, 1882-

James Hartley Ashworth, 1927-

James Ritchie, 1936-

Michael Meredith Swann, 1952-

Peter Martin Brabazon Walker, 1966-