Directors of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

This is a list of Directors of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew:

• 1759–1793 William Aiton^[1]
• 1793–1841 William Townsend Aiton^[1]
• 1841–1865 Sir William Jackson Hooker^[2]
• 1865–1885 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker^[2]
• 1885–1905 Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer^[3]
• 1905–1922 Sir David Prain^[4]
• 1922–1941 Sir Arthur William Hill^[5]
• 1941–1943 Sir Geoffrey Evans^[6][7][8] (acting)
• 1943–1956 Sir Edward Salisbury^[9]
• 1956–1971 Sir George Taylor^[10][11]
• 1971–1976 Jack Heslop-Harrison^[12]
• 1976–1981 Professor John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan^[13]
• 1981–1988 Professor Arthur Bell^[14]
• 1988–1999 Sir Ghillean Prance^[15]
• 1999–2006 Professor Sir Peter Crane^[16]
• 2006–2012 Professor Stephen D. Hopper^[17]
• 2012–present Richard Deverell^[18]

See also

Curators of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

References

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13. Verdcourt, Bernard (1987). "John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan (1917–1985)". Kew Bulletin. 42 (2): 286–296. JSTOR 4109685.
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