University of Oxford
There have been 11 Linacre Professors since inception of the post in
1857. These have included some very well known and influential scientists,
including Sir Ray Lankester, founder of the Marine Biological Association
and later Director of the British Museum (Natural History), Sir Alister
Hardy, Sir Richard Southwood and Edwin S Goodrich, considered by many
to be the greatest British comparative anatomist.
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| Sir Ray Lankester (right), in post as Linacre Professor, together with his former student E S Goodrich (left), who later also held the Linacre Chair. Photograph, taken 1893, copyright of Department of Zoology, University of Oxford. |
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Linacre Professors (and dates post held) |
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| George Rolleston FRS | 1857 – 1881 |
| Henry Nottidge Moseley FRS | 1881 – 1891 |
| Sir Edwin Ray Lankester FRS | 1891 – 1898 |
| Walter F.K. Weldon FRS | 1899 – 1906 |
| Gilbert C. Bourne FRS | 1906 – 1921 |
| Edwin S Goodrich FRS | 1921 – 1946 |
| Sir Alister Hardy FRS | 1946 – 1961 |
| John W S Pringle FRS | 1961 – 1979 |
| Sir Richard Southwood FRS | 1979 – 1993 |
| Roy M Anderson FRS | 1993 – 2000 |
| Peter W H Holland FRS | 2002 – |