Hope Professor of Zoology

Last updated October 12, 2025

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]
Name	Start	End	Refs
John Obadiah Westwood	1860	1893	^[2]
Edward Bagnall Poulton	1893	1933
Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter	1933	1948
George Copley Varley	1948	1980
David Spencer Smith	1980	1995
vacant	1995	2006
Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray	2006	2018
vacant	2018	2021
Geraldine Wright	2021	Incumbent	^[2]

References

↑ Smith, Audrey Z (1986). A History of the Hope Entomological Collections in the University Museum Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
1 2 "College announces new Hope Professor of Zoology – Jesus College". Jesus College Oxford . 14 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

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[1] Smith, Audrey Z (1986). A History of the Hope Entomological Collections in the University Museum Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[Jesus_College_Oxford_2021-2] 1 2 "College announces new Hope Professor of Zoology – Jesus College". Jesus College Oxford . 14 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

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