List of directors of the British Geological Survey

This is a list of Directors of the British Geological Survey , or its equivalent, since foundation:

• 1835–1855 Henry De la Beche ^{[1] [2]}
• 1855–1871 Roderick Murchison ^[1]
• 1871–1881 Andrew Ramsay ^[1]
• 1882–1901 Archibald Geikie ^[1]
• 1901–1914 Jethro Teall ^[1]
• 1914–1920 Aubrey Strahan ^[1]
• 1920–1935 John Flett ^[1]
• 1935–1936 Bernard Smith ^{[3] [4]}
• 1937–1945 Edward Battersby Bailey ^[5]
• 1945–1950 William McLintock ^[6]
• 1950–1960 William Pugh ^[7]
• 1960–1965 James Stubblefield ^[8]

• 1965–1966 James Stubblefield
• 1967–1975 Kingsley Dunham ^[9]
• 1976–1979 Austin Woodland ^[10]
• 1979–1984 Malcolm Brown ^[11]

• 1984–1985 Malcolm Brown
• 1985–1987 Innes Lumsden ^{[12] [13]}
• 1987–1990 Geoffrey Larminie ^{[14] [15]}
• 1990-1998 Peter J. Cook ^[16]
• 1998–2006 David Falvey ^[17]
• 2006–2019 John Ludden ^[18]
• 2019–present Karen Hanghøj ^[19]

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