Hope Professor of Zoology
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[1]
- John Obadiah Westwood (1860–93)
- Edward Bagnall Poulton (1893–1933)
- Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter (1933–48)
- George Copley Varley (1948–80)
- David Spencer Smith (1980–95)
- Vacant
- Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray (2006-2018)
- Geraldine Wright (2021–present)[2]
References
- Smith, Audrey Z (1986). A History of the Hope Entomological Collections in the University Museum Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Jesus College, College announces new Hope Professor of Zoology, 14 September 2021
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