The Keeper of Entomology was an entomological academic position within the Natural History Museum, London. The Keeper of Entomology served as the head of the Department of Entomology within the Museum. Originally, the post ranked as an Assistant Keeper to the Keeper of Zoology, known as the Assistant Keeper in Charge of Insects but reorganisation in 1913 saw entomology get its own department. Both are listed below:
Assistant Keepers in Charge of Insects
Arthur Gardiner Butler 1895–1901 George Francis Hampson (acting) 1901–1905 Charles Owen Waterhouse 1905–1910 Charles Joseph Gahan 1910–1913
Keepers of Entomology
Charles Joseph Gahan 1913–1927 Ernest Edward Austen 1927–1932 Norman Denbigh Riley 1932–1955 William Edward China 1955–1960 John Priestman Doncaster 1960–1968 Paul Freeman 1968–1981 Laurence Mound 1981–1992 Richard Lane 1992–1997 Rory Post (Acting) 1997–1998 Richard Irwin Vane-Wright 1998–2004 Quentin D. Wheeler 2004–2006 Martin Hall (Acting) 2006 Malcolm Scoble 2006–2010 Andrew Polaszek (Acting) 2010–2012
The Department of Entomology was merged with the Departments of Zoology and Botany in 2012 to form the Department of Life Sciences.
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