The Hope Professor of Zoology (Entomology) is a professorship at Oxford University. The first Hope Professor was John Obadiah Westwood. The current holder is Geraldine Wright. The position is associated with a professorial fellowship at Jesus College. + List of holders Name Start End John Obadiah Westwood 1860 1893 Edward Bagnall Poulton 1893 1933 Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter 1933 1948 George Copley Varley 1948 1980 David Spencer Smith 1980 1995 vacant 1995 2006 Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray 2006 2018 vacant 2018 2021 Geraldine Wright 2021 Incumbent
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